Otepa .State
GAME COMMISSION BULLETIN
VOLUME II, NUMBERS 1 to 12
JANUARY to DECEMBER, 1947
ADMINISTRATION
Comparative License Sales 1945-46
Dr. Davis Leaves
Wire Resigns as Supervisor
No. Month Page
7 July
5
10 Oct.
3
10 Oct.
1
BIG GAME
Activities completed in May
Antelope
Aerial Census
Aerial Census
Healthy Condition of Kids
Oregon Antelope
Ellis Mason
Pronghorn Problems
A S. Einarsen
Archery, The Sport of
Big Game Competitions
Deer
Bigger and Better Deer Stories
Leave Lost Fawns in Woods
Tillamook Investigations
Special 1946 Seasons
1947 Deer Seasons
Elk
Rocky Mountain Elk
Season Results
1945
Season Results
1946
Special Seasons
June
7
4
April
11
9
Nov.
2
2
Sept.
6 June
8 August
9 Sept.
10 Oct.
12
John McKean
Tagging Regulations
Ukiah Applications
Water Development Deschutes Game Refuge
3
8
1
Jan.
5
12
Dec.
1
2
March
1
1
Jan.
March
4
8
5
10
12
11
Feb.
3
2
3
Nov.
3
August
March
5
Nov.
Oct.
August
May
Oct.
Dec.
Nov.
2
2
3
Feb.
May
Oct.
1
Dec.
7
Jan.
August
1
H. R. 1693 Pending
Program for States
Summary of Activities
6
11
June
7
Nov.
6
June
2
6
18-R Activated
12
Dec.
2
9
8
Sept.
August
1
4
April
Jan.
4
Nov.
Feb.
8
5
2
Jan.
July
Jan.
March
2
Feb.
3
R U. Mace
1
Salmon on Fly
Steelhead
Nehalem
Steelhead
Siletz
Brown Trout at Lake of the Woods
Butte Falls Rearing Ponds Completed
"Care and Disease of Trout"
Cedar Creek Pipeline Washed Out
11
2
1
7
1
Angling at East & Paulina Lakes
7 July
Anglers Successful at South Twin
8 August
Diamond Lake
10 Oct.
East Lake
10 Oct.
Opening Day at Eel & Ten Mile Lakes .
7 July
South Twin
10 Oct.
South Twin Lake Statistics
11 Nov.
Umpqua River Winter Steelhead
5 May
Willamette River Catch
6 June
Willamette River Catch
8 August
Control of Disease in Oregon
Hatcheries
H S Davis 7 July
Diamond Lake
Brown Trout
7 July
1
July
1
April
1
Oct.
6
June
1
Nov.
1
Jan.
1
1
1
1
7
FISHERIES
Big Fish Taken
Bass Coast
Salmon
Nestucca
7
2
2
3
1
FIREARMS
Arms and Ammunition
Regulations
Census
Sept.
Dec.
7
1
FEATURE ARTICLES
Arms and Ammunition
R U. Mace 9
Control of Disease in Oregon
Hatcheries
H S Davis 7
Fishway and Screen
Program
C A. Lockwood 4
Kamloops Rainbow
Trout
Charles M. Mott ley 10
Oregon Antelope
Ellis Mason 6
Oregon's Cascade Lakes . ...F. A. Smith, Jr. 11
Oregon Sage Grouse
W. B. Morse 1
Oregon's 1948 Fish Conservation
Problems
P R. Needham 12
Nov.
August
March
FEDERAL AID
3
May
March
11
2
11
8
2
10
Civilization
Karl E. Mundt 11
Pronghorn Problems
A S. Einarsen 8
Rocky Mountain Elk
Nils N. Nilsson 2
Rogue River Investigations . . Cole M. Rivers 2
Trout Fishery at Diamond Lake . Fred Locke 5
Waterfowl Management
W. B. Morse 10
What Does Mere Man Know About the Perils
of a Non-Stop Flight 9
Albert M. Day 12
Willamette Valley Upland Game
Refuges
Francis Schneider 1
1947 Game Outlook
John McKean 8
1
2
5
2
Trap in Curry County
Forage Utilization Studies
Game District Established
October the Month for Hunters
Dec.
3
8
3
7
Nils N. Nilsson
Too Many Elk 9
Outlook
1947 Game
Salting Big Game Ranges
6
No. Month Page
Pollution a Measure of
Census
Preparation for Trek Into
Trout Fishery on
Fred Locke
10
Oct.
4
April
May
5
5
3
5
5
1
3
5
7
7
3
7
3
5
7
1
1
5
7
4
1
FISHERIES
(Continued)
FOREIGN STATES
No. Month Page
Dolly Varden at Bonneville Dam
Dry Hands Not Necessary
May
5 May
3
12
Dec.
5
7
July
3
2
Feb.
Elk Lake Parasite Study
"Fishes of the Pacific Coast & Canada" ...
Fish Food
12
Dec.
9
Sept.
3
2
6
Amount Used
Amount Used
Critical
Fishways and Screen
4
10
April
4
Egg Taking
Eastern Brook Fall Prospects
East Lake Produces Rainbow Eggs
Eggs Collected From Rainbow
Brood Stock
5
1
Oct.
Jan.
Program
C A. Lockwood 4 April
Hooks & Weights Regulated
2 March
Improvement of McKenzie Hatchery Started 8 August
5
3
5
1
No. Month Page
Delaware Licenses
11 Nov.
3
Michigan
Better Streams More Trout... 4 April
7
Wildlife in South Dakota
4 April
7
FURBEARERS
Beaver
Dead-Trapping Ceased
First Beaver Sale
Live-Trapping Started
Second Beaver Sale
Transplanted
Fur Catch Report 1946-47
Marten
Regulations Change Made
Oct.
Sept.
Dec.
May
April
March
Feb.
5
6
4
2
5
5
7
Jan.
Jan.
August
July
2
6
5
5
5
Nov.
1
Dec.
1
Breeders Released
Breeders Released
Corn Harvested
Curing Colds of Pheasants
Employee's Winter Chores
Field Rearing Pheasants
Hermiston Farm Activation
Predatory Birds Killed at Ontario
Production Estimated
Ready for Busy Season
Feb.
1
August
Jan.
2
July
August
5
5
Sept.
3
Jan.
8
Oct.
Sept.
Dec.
7
4
3
8
7
6
August
July
August
June
5
July
6
Nov.
3
2
Dec.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
5
7
July
7
10
11
Oct.
Nov.
3
5
7
May
3
July
Jan.
5
March
Feb.
August
Sept.
March
June
4 April
3
12
Dec.
2
1
2
2
4
5
6
7
Jan.
2
2
2
3
2
10
11
12
10
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Oct.
5
3
4
5
5
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
8
9
2
6
5
3
3
3
3
7
4
MEETINGS
Commission
December
June
11
3
GAME FARMS
Angling Regulations, Hearing On
June
June
7
4
Kamloops Rainbow
Trout
Charles M. Mottley 10
Liberations
Fish Travel by All Methods
9
Klamath Hatchery
12
Losses in Releasing
5
Spring Trout Releases Ready
4
Trout
Watershed No. 2
2
Trout
1946
Watershed No. 5
2
Trout
1946
1
Loch Leven Removed from Paulina
1
Money Appropriated for Weed Control
8
Mortality of Crappies at McKay Reservoir. 7
Oregon's Cascade Lakes .... F. A. Smith, Jr. 11
Oregon's 1948 Fish Conservation
Problems
P R. Needham 12
Research
Rogue River Investigations
Cole M. Rivers 2
McKenzie River Investigations Started .. 8
Salmon, Swim Speed
1
Salvaging
Coast
7
Sauvies Island Started
8
Sauvies Island Proceeding
9
Sauvies Island 1946
1
Tillamook County
10
Willis Creek
9
1947 Sauvies Island Report
12
Sandy River Smelt Runs
6
Tagging Rainbow at Rock Creek
6
Trash Fish Control
Big Lava Lake
8
Carp Trap in Rogue River
7
East Lake
8
Lake 'o the Woods
Roach
6
Operations at Crescent &
Lake 'o the Woods
7
Plans for Meacham, Pole Cat and
Unity Reservoirs
11
Trout Limit 8-inch
6
Weed Control Curtailed
12
Weed Plots Treated
11
Wizard Falls Progress Made
11
June
April
August
May
6
4
8
5
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Conservation Education and Publicity
Game Staff Conference
To Be Held
Held
Hearing on Rogue River Danis
Hunting Regulations Notice of Hearing...
International Assn. and American
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
8 August
9 Sept.
June
July
June
7 July
5
5
2
8
7
5
2
7
6
7
7
6
2
Fisheries Society
10 Oct.
Izaak Walton League National Conference 5 May
Legislative Interim Committee
8 August
Western Assn. of Game & Fish Commissioners
Date of Meeting
2 March
Conference To Be Held
6 June
Conference Held
7 July
7
7
7
5
5
3
2
1
MISCELLANEOUS
No. Month Page
10 Oct.
8
Audubon Screen Tour Lectures
Buck Losing Antlers Seen by E. Masson ... 2
Bulletin Applies for Second-class Rates . . 11
Conservation Pledge
6
Exhibit at Pacific Inter. Live Stock Show . . 11
Exhibit at Sport & Travel Show
6
Fishing Licenses
U. S.
5
Forage Utilization Studies
8
For the Lady Angler
Game Area Leased
Game Bills Passed
Goff, Ennis R.
Grateful Fisherman
Hooks & Weights Regulated
H. R. 1155
H. R. 1693
H. R. 2857
6
1
5
11
11
2
6
6
March
3
Nov.
8
June
6
Nov.
2
5
7
5
5
June
May
August
June
Jan.
May
Nov.
Nov.
March
June
June
6 June
Hunting Accidents
Hunting License Sales
Log Jams a Problem
2
U. S.
McClallen Reappointed
National Wildlife Restoration
Portland Sewage Disposal Plant
Possum Signs in Clatsop County
Prefabricated Houses
Refuge Changes in Deschutes Area
Size Limit on Trout ?
Snell, Earl
Wildlife Management Institute
Contributions
Wild Turkeys Seen
4
Feb.
April
June
March
2 Feb.
9 Sept.
6
1
4
7
7
1
8
Feb.
3
3
12 Dec.
2
Sept.
2 March
2
2
12
Dec.
1
11
4
Nov.
8
3
2
2
10
March
Feb.
Oct.
3
Aerial Hunting
Aerial Hunting to Start
Coyote & Badger Together
Crow Rookeries Blasted
Fish and Wildlife Report
Fox Control in Willamette Valley
1
Jan.
8
11
10
2
2
9
Nov.
Oct.
3
March
March
Sept.
8
3
3
S
PUBLIC SHOOTING GROUNDS
Chewaucan
Established
Hunting Results
Summer Lake
Contract for Development Awarded
Fall Wheat Growth
Grain Planted
Hunting Results
Pheasant Season
1946 Waterfowl Season
Sept.
1
12
Dec.
3
4
April
May
8
3
5
5
1
12
10
2
Jan.
Dec.
Oct.
March
4
6
April
June
1
Nov.
2
Sept.
Aug.
1
11
8
Nov.
Aug.
4
August
March
2
10
Oct.
3
6
June
July
5
8
2
7
7
8
1
SUPERVISOR'S COLUMN
Angling Season Irregularities
Care of Fishing Tackle
Importance of Weather
Let's Face the Facts
Liberations in Streams Near Portland
Pittman-Robertson Appropriations
Public Lands
Trash Fish Control
Trout Bag Limit
August
April
1 Jan.
5 May
6 June
2 March
7 July
8
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Sept.
Feb.
9
2
UPLAND GAME
Census
Census Completed
Pre & Post Season Census Held
Pheasants
Bands Wanted
Breeders Released
Demonstrational Project Started
Field Rearing Pheasants
Madras Area Potentialities
Malheur Season Analysis
4
April
2
11
Nov.
3
12
Dec.
2
July
July
August
5
Nov.
Dec.
1
7
7
8
11
12
2
10
March
3
Summer Lake Season
Oct.
Wasco County Project
9 Sept.
Willamette Valley
4 April
October the Month for Hunters
10 Oct.
Oregon Sage Grouse
W. B. Morse 1 Jan.
5
4
Refuges
1
6
Acres Signed in Willamette Valley
6 June
Willamette Valley Upland Game
Refuges
Francis Schneider 1 Jan.
Tagging Regulations
10 Oct.
Valley Quail With One Wing
4 April
SEASONS
Angling
Trout Season Opens
Upper Clackamas River Opens
Sept.
7
Liberations, 1947
9
9
11
9
8
STREAM IMPROVEMENT
Fifteen Mile Creek
Log Jams a Problem
Yachats River
3
3
Coyote
No. Month Page
2 Feb.
1
2 Feb.
5
11 Nov.
2
STATE POLICE
Additional Officers Appointed
1946 Annual Report
2
PREDATORS
Birds Killed at Ontario Farm
Bounties Paid, 1946
Cougar Herding Sheep
1947 Regulations
Trapping
Changes Made
1947 Regulations
7
8
1
April
Dove
4
2
9
Hunting
Band-tail Pigeon
Big Game Seasons
4
6
2
1947 Regulations Set
1947 Regulations Set
1948 Regulations to be Considered
2
3
2
3
5
3
4
2
1
7
1
2
4
U. S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
Fishing License Sales U. S.
Hunting License Sales
U. S.
Hunting License Holders by States
Predatory Report
Public Hearing to be Held
Wildlife Big Business
No. Month Page
No. Month Page
5 May
7
4
12
April
Dec.
March
5 May
5 May
2
2
5
3
2
7
WATERFOWL
Regulations
5 May
Regulations Set
9 Sept.
The Duck Situation
7 July
Waterfowl Management
W. B. Morse 10 Oct.
Waterfowl Success Ratio 1946
7 July
What Does Mere Man Know About the Perils
of a Non-Stop Flight'
Albert M. Day 12 Dec.
18-R Activated
12 Dec.
2
2
8
1
8
2
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Big Game
Alexander, J. K., Putting Out Salt
5
Antelope, Aerial View in Catlow Valley ..
Antelope, Buck
Archer and His Kill
Columbian Blacktail Deer
Deer, Weighing at Fort Rock Station
District Agents Observing
Forage Sampling
Elk in Wallowa County
Elk from Wyoming to Wallowa
County in 1912
Elk Populations (Map)
Mule Deer Fawns in Union County
6
May
June
1
6
June
4
9
8
1
Sept.
3
August
Jan.
5
8
2
2
10
5
August
March
March
Oct.
May
Cartoons Ding Darling
Perils of Non-Stop Flight
12 Dec.
Stream Pollution
11 Nov.
Why Call Them Sportsmen
10 Oct.
Fisheries
Diamond Lake (Sketch)
5 May
Diamond Lake With Mt. Bailey
5 May
East Lake Egg Taking
12 Dec.
Fish Trap at Lake 'o the Woods
6 June
Fishways and Screens
Forms Being Built for Screen
on Canfield Ditch
4 April
Revolving Screen Near Applegate River. 4 April
Screens and Wheels Built in Central Point 4 April
Liberations
Emptying the Boat
4 April
Fish Liberation Modern Tank Trucks
9 Sept.
Horse & Wagon Replaced by Truck
9 Sept.
1
5
1
5
2
3
7
5
4
1
5
3
Liberation Truck at Ten Mile Lake
Minam River & Wallowa Mtn.
Country, Aerial
Pack Strings Starting Out
"Rainbow" the Railroad Pullman
Taking Fish Out of Truck, Coy Delozier..
Trout Transferred From Airplane to
Pack String
Trout Transferred to Water Filled Boats
Unloading Fish Into Stream
Myxosporidian Cysts on Trout Gill
Opening Day at South Twin
Pack Lake in Cascades
Paulina Falls
Rainbow Trout Taken in Sein at East Lake
Rivers Running Rogue River
Roaring River Hatchery, Fish Pond
Seining Trash Fish at Diamond Lake
Spawning Crew at East Lake
Tagged Rainbow
Trailer House at Crescent Lake
Trout Being Examined for Parasites
Trout Spawning at East Lake
Yellow Perch in Gillnet
Furbearers
Beaver in Live Trap
Beaver Pelts Being Graded
Raccoon
Young Beaver Taken
Public Shooting Grounds
Chewaucan, Hunters Checking Out
Chewaucan Valley (Sketch)
Summer Lake, Camp Grounds
Summer Lake, Hunters Return
Summer Lake, Windbreak Dyke
Upland Game
Band Tail Pigeons
Pheasant Coops in Refuge Area in
Wallowa County
Sage Grouse Strutting Area
Strutting Male Sage Grouse
Willamette Valley Pheasant Populations
Trends (Graphs)
April
5
Sept.
Sept.
9 Sept.
4 April
4
5
9
4
9
Sept.
April
Sept.
5
7
11
11
12
July
4
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
3
7
2
July
3
Feb.
2 Feb.
11 Nov.
1
July
June
July
July
3
Dec.
5
June
2
11
Nov.
5
4
April
3
11
11
Nov.
Nov.
4
12
9
12
12
12
Dec.
3
Sept.
7
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
3
3
3
9
Sept.
1
8
3
3
1
August
Jan.
Jan.
4
April
4
4
9
9
7
6
7
7
12
6
1
4
5
5
5
6
4
3
1
6
6
1
5
1
Miscellaneous
6
1
6
5
4
4
For the Lady Angler
6 June
Keep Oregon Green
8 August
License Sales (Graph)
5 May
Lockwood, Charles A.
10 Oct.
Pintail Duck, Male
10 Oct.
Wild Rice Grcwing at Sand Point Lake.. 10 Oct.
Wire, Frank B.
10 Oct.
5
8
8
3
1
4
3