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Final Big Game Seasons Set The Oregon Game Commis sion Saturday, June 7, adopted final big game hunting regulat ions for the 1969 seasons be- for a packed house at Its Port land headquarters with only mi nor changes made to the ten tative rules as proposed two weeks ago. At the request of many sportsmen present the Com mission lengthened the early Wallowa Pack Hunt by three days to allow more time for family groups to be hunting In this high mountain area before school begins. The Commission also rescinded its earlier a r chery hunting restrictions and, except for western Oregon man agement units, allowed archers to hunt for either sex animals in all other archery areas. Most The new summer Little Lea of these seasons take place in gue baseball season is set to get eastern Oregon in areas where underway officially on Thurs winter mortality had little ef day,}une 26, with games sched fect on the deer and elk popu uled at b o th the Rotary and lations. The Commission also restor Lions fields. Four local teams will play in the 36-game series. ed the Mlnam archery area to The opener will see the Mer the full-length season with other chants vs the Minute Men at eastern Oregon managements Rotary Field and Western States units and established an Elk vsRoggeLumber at Lions Field. horn Agricultural Elk Damage The remaining schedule is as Season, August 2 through 22, which win take in the lower follows: July 1: Minute M e n-Westem slopes of the Elkhorn range in S t a t e s , Rotary Field; Rogge Baker County. Archershunting Lumber-Merchants, Liens Field. the Minam Unit are restricted July 3: M in u te Men-Rogge to deer only in the area of the Lumber,Lions Field; Merchants- Wallowa Pack Season from Aug ust 27 through September 14. Westem States, Rotary. The final rules as adopted July 8: M in u te M en-M er- * chants, Lions; Rogge Lumber- provide deer hunters with a 19- day buck deer season in east Western States, Rotary. July 10: M e rc h a n ts-R o g g e ern Oregon, October 4 through Lumber,Rotary; Western States- 22, and a 23-day buck season in western Oregon, October 4 Minute Men, I irmc, July IS: Rogge Lumber-Min through 26. Bag limit east of the Cascades is one buck deer ute Men, Rotary; Western States with visible antlers, while the -Merchants, Lions. limit on the west side is July 17: M in u te Men-Mer- bag buck deer with at least chants, Rotary; Western States- a one forked antler. Rogge Lumber, Lions. The Commission made no July 22: Minute Men-Westem further changes in antlerless States, Rotary; Merchants-Rogge deer permit quotas, with 46,- Lumber, Lions. 400 allocated in 28 northeast July 24: Minute Men-Rogge ern and central Oregon game Lumber, Lions; Western States- management units, in three Merchants, Rotary. special agricultural hunts in July 29: M erchants-M inute southwestern Oregon, and in Men, L io n s; Western States- three late season hunts in nor Rogge Lumber, Rotary. theastern Oregon. July 31: Western States-Min- A late season for hunters with ute Men, Lions; Rogge Lumber- unused deer tags, November 8 Merchants, Rotary. and 9, and November 30 through A ugust 5: Merchants-R o g g e December 7, was established in Lumber, R o ta ry ; Merchants- limited agricultural areas in the Westem States, Lions. Willamette Valley. August 7: Minute Men-Mer chants, Rotary; Rogge Lumber- The Commission also gave Western States, Lions. approval to a short High Cas August 12: Western S t a t e s - cade Buck Season, September Minute Men, R o ta r y ; Rogge 6 through 14, as well as a Lumber-Merchants, Lions. muzzle-loading rifle season for August 14: R o g g e Lumber- buck deer on the Hart Mountain Minute Men, Lions; Merchants- Antelope Refuge to extend with Westem States, Rotary. the regular eastern Oregon buck August 19: Merchants-Minute season, October 4 through 22. Men,Lions; Western States-Rog- The bull elk season was es ge Lumber, Rotary. tablished for November 1 August 21: MinuteMen-West- through 19 In eastern Oregon em States,Lions; Rogge Lumber -Merchants, Rotary. August 26: Rogge L u m b e r - Minute Men, Rotary; Merchants -Western States, Lions. First teams listed in the sched ule w i l l be considered home teams. Effective at 12:01 a.m., Mon The season will be climaxed with an awards day and a fam day, June 9, the official forest ily picnic on Saturday, Aug. 30. fire season started in Zones T e a m members and their 2A and 11B (the inland weather coaches are: Merchants, coach zones) of the Coos Forest P ro ed by Spencer NicejRichard A l tective association d is tric t. meida , R a ym ond A nders on, Tom After this date all open burn Morris, Don Mayea, John Nice, ing w ill require a perm it and Frank Holm,Darrell Cobb, Peter logging operators must have B ean , Steve W a g n e r, Mike their fire tools readily available Schroeder. at their landings. Minute Men, coached by Walt Covin gt on,RickLambert, Randy Not included in this order are McKeown,Bill Cobb,Brock Bean, weather z o n e s l2 A ,llA ,a n d lA , Joe Bens, Devon Voss, Jim A l where burning perm its w ill not meida, Josh R e y n o ld s , Jim be required until later. This Smith, Mike Morris. area includes the immediate Western States P ly w o o d , c o a c h e d by Calvin Harper; coastal s trip from the Umpqua riv e r to the California border. Robert Boggs,Cordon Nice,Dav id Schroeder, E d d ie Peterson, Burning p e rm its may be ob Cody Lambert, Ricky Douglas, tained at any office of the Coos Dave Alexander, Dempsey An- detson, Dwayne Harper, Randy Forest Protective association. Those wishing perm its should Klutz, Glenn Litterel. Rogge Lumber, coached by plan to call several days in Roy Carr; Don Alexander, Bill advance of when they want to Sharp, Ron Greene, B ill Carr, burn to allow ample time for John Morgan, Donald Klutz, Chris warden inspection. Wagner, Jody Sweeney, Allen The fire season is also in House, Jeff Miles. effect on the Gold Beach, Chet- Director of the Little League co and Powers ranger d istricts program is Leroy Lambert. of the Siskiyou National forest. Lillie League Schedule Set Fire Season Now In Effect OUT and November 15 through 23 in western Oregon. Hunters may take bull elk with antlers by LANS LANCVE Z longer than the ears except in southeastern Oregon elk areas Early spring promotes a per By early summer, the pic where the bag limit is either iod of feverish activity in the ture changes again, for by then sex animals from November 1 ranks of most wild creatures. the young of the year are old through 14 and bull elk there The very singing that is engaged enough to venture forth in the after through the 19th. in, the whistling, croaking and world, and it is not uncommon The Commission made one crowing that go on fortell the to sight a line of tiny quail change from the tentative elk time of procreation. Later in trailing their mother across a rules with the establishment the season, after the young of country road, half-grown rab of limited antlerless elk sea the year have either hatched bits feasting on tender grass, sons on the Mllllcoma Tree or been born, wildlife is more or spotted fawns trailing their Farm and Elliot Forest in abundant yet least evident. It’s mother’s flag across a wood s o u th w e s te r n Oregon. Fifty then a time of actual withdrawal land glade. It’s a time of re permits, 25 for each area, were and hiding. assurance that Natu-^’s mir allotted, with the season from acle of procreation has com November 29-30 on the Mllll through October 2 with six tags pleted another cycle. coma and December 6-7 on the available to hunters, three for Elliot F o rest the Hart Mountain Area and EAGLE TALES Rocky Mountain elk hunters three for the Steens. Awhile back there appeared have 3,625 antlerless permits The Commission retained all a story in the form of a news to draw for in 16 eastern Ore archery seasons as proposed item published in the Port Or gon game management units and added a short two-week ford News. It was written by and three late season hunts agricultural elk hunt in the ye editor, and appeared in his which include the Elkhorn area, Elkhorn Area near Baker. The weekly column, “ F ro m the Troy area, and the Mill Creek Minam archery season was len Scratch Pad.” The news story Watershed. gthened to coincide with other described in detail an attack The antelope season extends eastern Oregon mangerment launched from the air—by a for five days, August 16-through units. The Commission also bald eagle—upon a car that 20, with 840 tags available in lifted its previous restrictions was being driven by a Curry the seven antelope hunting limiting archers to buck deer County resident along a moun areas. The bighorn sheep sea and bull elk except in western tain road. son extends from September 27 Oregon management units. According to the reportfurn- lshed the editor by the driver of the car, the eagle evidently being attracted by the rays of the sun striking upon the windshield power dived from quite a height, and smashed solidly into the offending ob stacle that had no doubt so greatly roused its wrath that it prompted the savage on slaught on the part of the big bird. The windshield was shat tered, and a gaping hole re sulted from the attack. The bird, it appeared, suffered no great harm from the solid im pact. In commenting on the inci dent, ye editor mentioned that it was rarely indeed that attacks of such a nature were launched by such birds. One thing for sure, this particular w riter is not about to disagree with him regarding his contention. So far as I know, there has only been one other incident re corded to date here in Oregon where an eagle launched an attack upon a moving vehicle of any sort. It occurred over In Klamath County, at least 40 years or so ago. Here’s how I recall the tale as it was published following the unusual incident: The driver was gassing along in his car along the road that Port CTford News, Thursday, June 19, 1969- cixfceA To Birthuay wishes go out this week to Susan Keeler, Loraine Haines, T e r r e n c e Sweeney, Kathy Crumrine, Andy Belcher and Judy Rodgers. Anniversary wishes go to Mr. andMrs.Gene Newcomb,Mr.and Mrs.Charlie Jensen and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hendricks. 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