INDEX atefog State GAME COMMISSION BULLETIN VOLUME XIX, NUMBERS 1 TO 6 t Month No. JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1964 Page No. Month 2 2 Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. 2 3 May-June 2 6 Nov.-Dec. 3 game fish 4 July-Aug. Oregon Bass & Panfish Club help stock pond 3 May-June Outlook for chinook 2 Mar.-Apr. Salmon-steelhead economic survey 3 May-June 3 ADMINISTRATION Amacher reappointed FISHERIES 4 July-Aug. 2 Diamond Lake hatchery Fish stocking record set for 1963 3 May-June 15 How to report catch on salmon 3 May-June 2 Permit necessary to hold wild animals and birds Salmon-steelhead economic survey 3 Interstate deer Principles of big game management Regulations 1 May-June Jan.-Feb. 9 3 May-June July-Aug. 3 4 3 May-June 8 3 2 Many considerations necessary for resources Mar.-Apr. 6 3 May-June 4 Tagged rainbows released Tagged steelhead traveled far .... Taking fish inventory To build a fish farm cated 7 2 Mar.-Apr. 6 2 3 1 Mar.-Apr. May-June May-June Jan.-Feb. Jan.-Feb. 6 2 2 4, 5 2 4 July-Aug. 2 3 May-June July-Aug. 15 2 6 2 3 4 4 Nov.-Dec. Mar.-Apr. May-June July-Aug. July-Aug. 2 2 2 2 2 6 Nov.-Dec. 2 3 May-June 2 3 1 John W. McKean Commission: 1 Jan.-Feb. 3 Management of migratory game fish R. 0. Koski 6 Nov.-Dec. 3 4 July-Aug. 3 3 May-June 3 5 Sept.-Oct. 3 2 Mar.-Apr. 3 Management of nonmigratory game fish C. J. Campbell Principles of big game management John McKean MEETINGS 9 Interstate deer 2 Mar.-Apr. Warm-water fish ponds dediFEATURE ARTICLES Big game harvest, 1963 Dave Luman 3 May-June 2 3 2 Steelhead tag recovered N. F 25 2 May-June issue devoted to big game Salmon-steelhead punch cards Alsea trap Summer trout season opens April DIRECTOR'S COLUMN A fish due Some "whys" of deer management punch cards Management of migratory game 6 Management of nonmigratory BIG GAME Harvest, 1963 Page April May-June Notice of hearings: Angling Big game Big game Small game Trapping Oregon to host 1965 meetings Western Assn. to meet 4 Principles of upland bird management R. U. Mace Outlook for chinook Fred E. Locke MIGRATORY BIRDS New book available Waterfowl seasons 6 5 Nov.-Dec. Sept.-Oct. 2 8 Month No. Page PERSONNEL Phyllis Clayton retires 2 Mar.-Apr. 6 Cover Pictures (Front) Chinese rooster No. Month 5 Sept.-Oct. Page 1 Dirt road crossed by migraSTREAM CLEARANCE Coast streams Siuslaw river drainage 4 3 July-Aug. May-June 2 2 UPLAND GAME Bird hunting prospects 5 Sept.-Oct. 2 5 Sept.-Oct. 3 Principles of upland bird management WATERFOWL See "Migratory Birds" MISCELLANEOUS McKenzie hatchery property sold 6 State Police enforcement report 6 Nov.-Dec. Nov.-Dec. 2 2 3 Biologist looking over deer range Blacktail deer 3 3 Deer and man tracks on counting strip Deer tracks left in snow Dirt road crossed by migratory deer Edwards, Cecil, inspects deer 1 3 1 May-June 14 12 Jan.-Feb. May-June 7 8 7 3 range Tagged and belled buck har- 3 May-June 5 area Winter scene Interstate range Winter losses in Baker County 3 May-June May-June May-June 15 3 Steens Mtn. summer deer 3 vested from Silver Lake Center Spread Taking fish inventory Wildlife trapping Cover Pictures (Back) Band-tailed pigeon Blacktail deer Yellow-haired porcupine 6 Nov.-Dec. 2 Mar.-Apr. May-June 1 3 4 July-Aug. 8 July-Aug. 4 July-Aug. 4 2 2 Mar.-Apr. July-Aug. Mar.-Apr. Mar.-Apr. 6 Nov.-Dec. 6 2 Mar.-Apr. 7 6 Nov.-Dec. 6 4 6 1 July-Aug. July-Aug. Jan.-Feb. 1 Jan.-Feb. 2 6 Nov.-Dec. 8 5 Sept.-Oct. 5 1 Jan.-Feb. 8 6 6 Mar.-Apr. Nov.-Dec. 6 Nov.-Dec. 7 5 4 5 Sept.-Oct. Sept.-Oct. Sept.-Oct. 5 Sept.-Oct. 7 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 8 5 7 1 Punch card properly completed Rainbow trout from Thompson Valley Res. St. Paul warm-water ponds Taking fish inventory .. 4 Warm-water rearing pond, St. Paul White sturgeon, immature .... 7 4, 5 Habitat Improvement 4 Erasing deer tracks Jan.-Feb. July-Aug. 1 1 May-June May-June losses Fall River fisherman Illegal angling gear Lady angler holding chinook Marked fish, clipped maxillary bone anglers May-June May-June Jan.-Feb. Fisheries Bass, largemouth Biologist examines population of Bull Prairie Reservoir Crappie, white Egg-taking operation, Diamond lake 4 Methods used by outlaw LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Big Game Antelope trophy head tory deer Fish lake Grading steelhead trout at Gnat Creek hatchery Lady angler holding chinook Trapped elk 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 Jan.-Feb. Mar.-Apr. Jan.-Feb. May-June Mar.-Apr. 8 4 4, 5 Crew using seed driller for grass planting Migratory Birds Band-tailed pigeon Personnel Clayton, Phyllis Service award presentations 2 Stream Clearance Log jam, N. F. Trask 8 Upland Game Chinese rooster Chukar partridge Turkey held by John McKean 8 Miscellaneous 4, 5 8 Juvenile pheasant hunters .. 5 2 1 4