b—Port » f o r d New«, Thursday, Ju ly 6, 19o7
walked back along the windfall
to the ground, then continued hia
• talk around the h ill. The sly
blacktall remained In hiding
directly underfoot throughout
the episode.
Several years ago the w rlte t
was hunting In the same gen-
eral area of the Tillamook burn
and was working slowly through
a patch of chest-high bracken
when directly ahead a move
ment was noted In the high
fern. The animal moved away
about 15 feet and stopped.
Surely, it had to be a deer.
Three times we worked al
most within touching distance
before the animal would again
sneak off through the bracken.
Not once did it show Itself.
Finally, we dropped on all
fours and began to crawl fo r-
ward under the canopy of
fronds, peering ahead through
the ta ll stems.
Suddenly, the big ears and
saucer eyes of a blacktall doe
appeared In the gloom a few
feet ahead. She was hunched
down, watching me as I craw l
ed forward, her face almost
on a level with mine. We stared
at each other fo r a moment
eye to eye; then she turned and
melted Into the heavy growth.
What I am leading up to Is
the fact that many, many black-
tailed deer—pe rh a p s hund
reds—are actually by-passed
by hunteis foi every one that
they see. Proof of this fact Is
aptly born out by a deer hunt
several years ago which was
monitored closely by Game
Commtsslcw personnel.
This blacktailed deer hunt
took place within the Cedar
Creek deer enclosure where a
known number of animals was
present. located in the T illa
mook barn just off the W il
son Hlver highway, the en
closure Is actually a long
term study area to determine
mam facets In the blacktall’ s
life Including range and ca rry
ing capacities. Vegetative con
ditions and terrain Inside are
lip lc a l of the entire country
side.
The fenced area covers 3-10
acres, roughly one-half square
mile, which certainly doesn’ t
cover much te rrito ry as far
as the hunter Is concerned.
To most hunters it would seem
ridiculous to confine oneself
to a mere one-half square mile
hunting spot.
Nevertheless, It was a known
TAKE WAS SMAl.l
Fifty eager hunters, some of
them profecsed experts, work
ed the Cedar Creek enclosure
during the course of the 22-
■l.n season, lig h t n| r
combed the brushy half-sec tion
opening day, the most hunters
present at any one time. Yet,
the total take of deer from
Uils small areas was three
blacktall deer, all taken during
the firs t few hours opening
morning.
Comments fr o m
visiting
hunters during the season were
conflicting to say the least.
Many were profoundly con
vinced that there wasn’t a single
deer In the entire urea. Some
thought a few might lie present,
but based their opinions on
tracks rather than deer ob
served. Several hunters saw
deer but fatted to get off a
shot.
Equally astounding was the
(.«• e that, although antlerless
animals could be taken by W il
son Unit permit holders during
the last nine days of the sea
son, not n single antlerless
deer was taken from the study
area.
Indeed, the Oregon blacktall
la a smart, tough little cust
omer, but a finei hallenge, nev-
ertheless, well worth pursuing.
And, If you should decide to
hunt him, we advise you to
prepare youraelf before hand
to expect and accept hum ili
ating defeat.
Keep well In mind that the
blacktall makes few mistakes.
Moat likely he w ill frustrate
yom most vigorous efforts, lie
w ill thwart your most skillful
maneuver. He w ill circumvent
your leet-p!anned stratagem.
Amt If, by good fortune, you
should chance to score, yoursn
t>e happy in the knowledge that
you outwitted a crafty, cunning
adversary.
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fact that at least 47 deer were
Inside the deer-proof fence,
which approximates a popula
tion density of 94 deer per
square m ile of range. Now,
that’ s a lot of deer In any
hunter’ s language, and It would
appear that a k ill could be made
relatively easy. A few hunters
thought the situation was al
most like having one tied up.
Vet the results of this hunt
are astounding, and vividly I l
lustrate the blacktall’s prow
ess and mastery over Intrud
ing hunters.
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SUMMER STEELHEAD
EGG-TAKE COMPLETE
The summer steelhead egg-
take at Game Commission fish
hatcheries was completed re
cently with well over 1,300,000
eggs now in the hatching trays
fo r the coming year’s produc
tion. This brings the combined
total of both summer and win
ter steelhead eggs to well over
3,900,000 now under incu
bation at Commission hatch
eries.
Or.e of the most difficult fish
to hold successfully, the adult
summer steelhead were trap-
ped almost a year ago on sev-
$. Foraat Service
eral stream systems, then held
In keep holding jxx>ls at the
hatcheries until they matured
beginning early this spring.
The fish matured over a period
of almost three months, with
the last eggs taken the early
part of June.
The winter steelhead egg-
take was completed almost a
month ago with „ total egg-take
of more than 2,600,000. This
included 900,000 winter steel
head eggs obtained from the
Fish Commission’ s Big Creek
Hatchery.
IN
LITTLE LEAGUE
SCHEDULE
July 10—Yankees vs Dodgers,
Wayne E. Robinson, 42, of
Langlois.
Sparks, Nevada, nephew of Mrs.
July 11—Dodgers vs Braves, Ro W illia m M cLellan, Port Ctford,
tary; Yankees vs Giants, Lang died Monday June 26, in a Reno
lois.
hospital.
July 13—Giants vs Braves, Ro
A native of Port Orford, he re
tary; Yankees vs Dodgers, Lang tired from the U. S. A ir Force in
lois.
1962 while stationed at Stead
July 18—Dodgers vs Giants, Ro AFB, and stayed on to reside in
tary; Yankees vs Braves, Lang the Sparks area.
lois.
He worked for die Washoe
July 19—Braves vs Dodgers, Ro County Parks Department as an
tary.
a g e n t in th e Neighborhood
J u ly 20—Gianis vsYankees, Ro Youth Corps program.
tary.
Mr. Robinson was a member
July 24—Braves vs Giants, Ro of the Oddfellows Lodge No. 33,
tary.
o f Wadsworth, and was wagon
July 25—Dodgers vs Yankees, m a s te r of the Trailer C!ub,
Rotary.
Queen Esther Rebecca Lodge.
J u ly26—Giants vs Dodgers, Ro
Surviving are his wife, Amy,
tary.
of Sparks; children, Terry and
July 27—Braves vs Yankees, Ro Sandra, of Warden, Wash., sisters,
tary.
Mae Kock of Florence, Ore., and
August 1—Dodgers vs B ra v e s , Pearl Hurst, Oregon; and a broth
Rotary; Yankees vs Giants, Lang er, John Stewart of Susanville.
lois.
C alif.
August 2—Giants vs Braves, Ro
Funeral services w e re con
tary.
ducted at 2 p. m. Thursday in
August 3—Dodgers vs Yankees, the Pyramid Mortuary. Burial
Rotary.
was in the Mountain View Cem
AU games start at 6 p. m.
etery.
MEMORIAL
growers, tree farm ers and
shrub and flower nurseries.
FRUSTRATED HUNTERS
Someone once said that the
The saddest tales of woe
whitetailed deer is the sm art about this will-O -the-w tsp are
est c ritte r on four legs, and recounted by a multitude of
the most difficult big game frustrated hunters who provide
animal to hunt.
vivid and colorful testimony
Now, whoever made this of the blacktails’ prowess,
vaunted statement has never stealth and cunning. Mostly, he
hunted the Oregon blacktail. w ill leave the hunter in com
We w ill challenge such a claim plete bafflement as to his
any time, and I ’m sure nim whereabouts. Many nimrods
rods who have tackled both stoutly proclaim that he runs
animals w ill readily join in my by night and crawls into a hole
protest. For the skulking black by day.
tailed deer is no patsy by any
Last season, this w rite r
standards. Indeed, he’s a crea hunted opening weekend in the
ture that w ill make mockery of “ wide open” Trask River coun
the best efforts of the best try in the old Tillamook burn.
hunters.
Following the early morning
The blacktail is a living sym
surprise by a mass of hunt
bol of sneakery, cunning and ers, the blacktails took to dense
deception. He’ s not a runner cover and were seen no more,
such as the mule or whitetail, except fo r an occasional ani
nor w ill he be caught out in mal that had to be stepped on
the open often except fo r before it would move.
fleeting moments. Rather, he
About mid-morning a shot
has learned to outwit the hunt
rang out some 300 yards dis
er in close quarters, using the tance around the point of a h ill
brushy Jungles as his field of across an Intervening draw.
battle.
Moments later a three-point
Hunters unfamiliar with the buck sneaked rapidly around the
blacktail’s habits w ill swear slope, its belly almost touching
there Isn’t s deer within miles.
the ground. He slipped through
Even the experts sometimes
the vine maple, huckleberry and
express sim ila r opinions fo l
bracken with amazing speed un
lowing frustrating days afield t il he came abreast of a huge
without a single sight of their snag windfall which lay al
quarry.
most parallel to the h ill
Yet the blacktail is found In
side. The massive semi-burned
abundance throughout Western
Douglas f i r extended slightly
Oregon from the Cascade out and away from the slope
mountains westward to the Pa
of the h ill with the term inal
c ific . He’s as much at home at end hanging over some eight
high elevations as he is in
feet above the ground.
the backyards of city dwell
The blacktail buck looked the
ers. He w ill brazenly come situation over fo r a moment,
out at nightfall to nibble in
glanced back in the direction
die flower beds of homeown he had come, then crawled back
ers. He wanders at w ill over underneath the log and hid him
field and meadow throughout self among the tangle of brush
the countryside. It is not un
and bracken.
usual for bands of 30 or more
About the same time a hunt
to prune a young orchard by er rounded the h ill in hot pur
night—or perhaps a cane- suit of his elusive target. He
berry patch--and sneak back walked swiftly along a deer
Into hiding by daybreak.
tra il until he too came to the
Thecagy 11 file blacktall leads windfall. Jumping up on the log
a happy but secretive life In he walked out Its length until
the alpine meadows of the high he was well above the brush
country as well as within a line. Here he squatted five min
stone’s throw of suburbia. Often utes or so scanning, searching
he is observed strolling uncon
the hillside fo r a glimpse of
cerned along the streets of
the buck deer he knew couldn’ t
towns and hamlets. Hebecomes be fa r off. Finally In apparent
a pest to gardners, strawberry
disgust, the hunter gave up.
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