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also rescinded its earlier a r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-
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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.
For A u to , Life, Fire and Health
In su ran ce, See
LARRY HOOVER
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