Thur»., Moy 13, 1976 SANDY (Or».) POST — 13
W ild lif e
Big game surveys completed
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P R O U D L Y D IS P L A Y IN G their first place
trophies from the Mt. Iloodera bowling
leagr are mrmbers of the Sheppard and
Kubitz Construction team. Sealed in front
from left are Vorlece H lair and Shirley
Dunn. Second row from left Betty Chesnut,
Eva Kociemha and Fern Hunter. Standing
behind are sponsors Glenn and Loretta
Sheppard and Carolyn and Wayne Kubitz.
(Post photo)
Kish and Wildlife Depart- populations since systematic
ment field biologist» have [ records have been kept. In
1 completed their spring surveys i another area, the Murderer’s
* of big game trends and winter Creek winter range, some 2,200
I survival. Most biologists are mule deer were counted this
I very encouraged by the results winter, which is also the
I of their observations.
highest ever recorded
The mule deer of Eastern
Spring fawn survival and
I Oregon are bouncing back very deer population trends also
I well in all but a few southeast improved in southeastern
I management units There was Oregon although low fawn
I an improved carryover of numbers remain a problem in
I bucks as a result of the short, 7- Malheur, Steens Mountain, and
I day hunting season and forked Beulah units. Although fawn
I horn regulation last fall. On top production in southeast Oregon
I of that, fawn survival improved was generally poor last year,
I because of mild weather and survival of those fawns
I good forage this winter. Good averaged 75 per cent through
I fawn crops are expected this this past winter and better fawn
I spring because of improved crops are expected this year
physical condition in mule deer because of improved forage
I does.
and a milder winter.
In the Central region, which
On the other side of the
blacktail deer
includes Deschutes, Grizzly, Cascades
Klamath, Maury, Metolius, populations remain about the
Ochoco, and Paulina game same as last year; in some
bit better. Fawn
management units, biologists areas a
counted an average of eight production was up last year
deer per mile traveled on fixed both from the previous year
trend routes. That is a half a and from the ten-year average
deer per mile improvement
For the most part, blacktail
over last year. Some 44 fawns deer have winter well and good
were recorded this spring per fawn production should be the
100 adult deer, which is an rule this spring.
increase both over last year
Oregon’s elk populations
and the six-year average. remain fairly stable from one
Winter fawn survival was 79 year to the next. As bigger,
per cent compared with 65 per sturdier animals than deer,
cent last year and 62 per cent they are less affected by ex
for an average of the last six tremes of winter weather
years.
In northwestern Oregon, elk
Mule deer have made their populations in the coastal
most spectacular comeback in ranges are gradually declining
the northeastern region. Here as the better habitat areas
biologists classified 15 deer per grow back to closed-canopy
mile on sampling routes They tim ber. But this loss is
recorded an average of 57 of balanced
by
increasing
last year's fawns per 100 adults populations in the Cascades,
this spring for an average 82 both as a result of department
per cent fawn survival through trapping and transplanting and
the winter. This compares with from natural expansion as new
28 fawns and 56 per cent sur habitat areas develop due to
vival last year. In several units logging.
near 100 per cent survival was
Elk populations in southwest
noted
Oregon are about the same as
Recruitment of deer numbers last year except that slight
to the herds through fawn declines in the Powers and
production and survival is the Tioga units were recorded.
“ answer’’ to recovery of mule
Rocky Mountain elk numbers
deer numbers, so biologist are in northeastern Oregon are at
extremely happy over the an all-time high. Some hunters
will find this hard to believe
improvements noted this year.
Biologists consider mule deer i since they’ve had to scratch
in recent years. But this
levels in much of northeastern harder
1
Oregon to be at or near winter ' was due to competition with
range carrying capacity. The i increasing numbers of hunters
Keating unit, for example, now I rather than low elk numbers.
has
the
highest
deer
Biologists are seeing more
April deaths climb
S M IL IN G M E M B E R S of Sandy Rexall
Drug team display first place trophies
awarded Saturday evening at the bowling
banquet of the Sandy Men’s league and the
Mt. llooders league. Seated are Gerry
Barker, Nancy Barker holding sponsor's
trophy and Glenn Bennett. Standing
behind from left are Tom Sullivan. Dan
LeHrun and Dwayne Vedder.
(Post photo)
Oregon recorded the highest
April traffic death toll in 11
years when 63 persons died on
the state's streets and high
ways.
The Motor Vehicles division
reported last week that the
April death count pushed the
yearly toll to 193. compared
with 155 traffic deaths during
the first four months of 1975.
Non-collision accidents ac
counted for 24 of the 57 fatal
accidents. The next most
frequent crash was the head-on
collision with 10.
Better driving weather may
have been a factor in the toll,
with 48 per cent of the fatalities
on weekends, compared with
about 33 per cent of the
fatalities on weekends during
the past two months.
DMV noted five multiple-
death crashes, one killing three
persons and four claiming two
lives each. Saturday, April 10,
was the worst day of the month
for traffic deaths when eight
were recorded.
The division also reported
that of the 35 blood alcohol
reports received from county
medical examiners to date, 19
or 54 per cent, indicated vic
tims had consumed alcohol
before death.
Despite the high toll, 10
Oregon counties reported no
traffic fatalities in April. Of
those
reporting
deaths,
Jackson
and
Multnomah
counties reported six each;
Lane and Polk counties five
each; Tillamook and Columbia
counties four deaths each;
Clackamas, Lincoln, Malheur
and Washington counties three;
Gilliam,
Marion,
Douglas,
Umatilla and Wasco counties
two and Baker, Benton, Clat
sop, Coos, Crook, Harney, Hood
River, Josephine, Klamath,
Wheeler and Yamhill counties
each reported a single traffic
death.
elk now than ever before Many
ranges have tended to shift in
recent years from browse or
“ leafy” forage to grass ranges,
a transition that favors elk,
usually at the expense of deer.
On northeastern management
unit trend routes biologists
recorded an average of 11.7 elk
per mile. This compares with
10.3 per mile last year and 8.2
per mile for the ten-year
average
Antelope populations also
remain fairly stable although
biologists did note very poor
fawn production this year in the
F o rt
R ock-Silver
Lake,
Juniper, M alheur, R iver,
Maury, Ochoco, and Silver
Lake units. Antelope fawn
production has been gradually
declining in recent years and
biologists
believe
climatic
factors and predation have
probably been the m ajor
Mountain units These units are
on what used to be the fringe of
antelope range and have not. so
far, been open to hunting
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