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Fish &
Wildlife
Reports
Hunting prw prrli for I * are
widely varied. Iiul overall are
generally brighter than they were in
ISM Northeastern Oregon again
waa hit by a long, cold winter which
took its toll of upland birds and big
game, but other arras east of the
Cascades faired much better
In Baker and Union counties,
sevrral big game management units
will again tie closed entirely to deer
hunting as they were in 1964 In
other areas east of the Cascades, a
five day season has been set. and in
much of the central part of the state,
the season will run for 12 days
Iteports from Department of Fish
and Wildlife biologists indicate a
better carryover of animals in these
areas, and hunting prospects, from
about the same to iieltrr than last
year They also point out that the
animals will probably tie widely
scattered, and in some cases,
because of the dry summer and lack
of water and fresh forage, the deer
are apt to lie up fairly high and ont
the north slopes
Hunters wanting a long season
should seriously consider getting a
western Oregon deer tag w here the
hlaektall season will run over a
month with an either sex season the
last five days in the northwestern
part of the stale Reports indicate
that west side deer populations are
equal to or slightly better than they
were last year Some areas are
going past their peak production
because brush and trees are grow
ing up. but newly created openings
provide hunting in new areas
I'pland bird seasons arr more
liberal than those of 1984 with bird
populations in most o( the stale
nesting seasons helped the birds in
much of the slate east of the
Cascades, though spring rains did
hamper nesting in some limited
ureas
Hunters will find season
lengths similar to last year, but
Increased bag limits were set to
allow the harvest of the increased
number of birds
There will be no sage grouse
seuson this year however, in con
trast the wild turkey number* are
increasing and more than luo addl
lmn.il tags will lie available for next
spring s seasons on these birds
Waterfowl hunters will find the
situation jusl uhoul reverse that of
the upland bird hunters
Boor
nesting conditions in the north and
generally lower numbers of both
ducks and geese demanded
restricted seasons and bag limits
with u complete shut down on some
species
Deer
The general buck season will open
O rrgun
W e d n e s d a y . V y U m W r B . IW1
Hunting prospects generally brighter than in
•"September 2S. but season length will
vary within the state and hunters
should check '.he regulations closely
Western Oregon deer populations
are comparable to. or slightly better
than, last year The deer season will
run from Sptember 28 through
November 6, a 40 day season A
hunter choice season is offered the
last five days of the season in ten
northwestern Oregon units Once
again this year, the McDonald
Forest hunt will require only a
controlled hunt lag to participate in
the hunt
Antlerless harvest in
tough western Oregon is regulated
by controlled hunt permit
The best hunting prospects for
blacktail deer will be along the east
slopes of the Coast Kange and the
west slopes of the Cascades Hunt
ing surras increases in the later
portion of the season as storms begin
to remove leaves from the brush
The Siskiyou Mountains have a good
buck population
Mule deer fawn survival last
winter was v aried in eastern Oregon
with severe fawn losses in some
northeastern Oregon units Central
Oregon deer numbers are up some
what in many areas though the
Klamath area is about the same or
down from last year
Overall mule deer populations
arr slightly above last year's popu
Lation levels due to the good lawn
survival in the rest of the eastern
Oregon units Units with good fawn
survival will have a I2day buck
season running from September 2*
through October 9 Most of the
remaining units will tie l i mi t e d to
five day seasons with the season
ending on Octotter 2 The Catherine
Creek. Keating lookout Mountain
Fine Crick. Starkey, portions of
Sumpter Mt Emily and Wens ha
units are closed to deer hunting in
1985 general season Huntrrs should
check the regulations for season
closures, season lengths and unit
lioundary descriptions
In northeastern Oregon, the Hells
Canyon Wilderness area will lie
regulated as a permit-entry hunt
area Hag limit is one buck with
visible antler
Five areas in southeast Oregon
will be regulated as permit entry
hunt areas These include the Steens
Mountain. Trout Creek Mountains.
Heatys itutte. Silvies Unit, and
Malheur Kiver 1 nit The bag limit
is one buck with visible antler except
in the Steens Mountain area where
hunters are restricted to a buck w ith
at least four points on one antler
Frnspeela for lugging u mule deer
buck in many eastern Oregon units
will range from poor to fair The
best chances for success will lie
those units with I2day hunting
seasons, except desert units with low
deer populations, such as Jumper
and Wagontire units
Rocky Mountain elk populations
arr stable or up slightly from last
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year, but are still above the manage
men) levels adopted in 1981 in some
areas The Heppner and Foasil units
will probably offer fewer branch
antlered bulis than other Eastern
Oregon areas
Hunters are reminded that con
trolled elk permits will be required
for second period bull season in the
Indigo Dixon MrKrnzir and Rogue
units, due to low bull carryover
The split bull season is still in
effect for 19*5 with the first period
Rocky Mountain rlk opening on
Wednesday. October JO. and running
through Sunday. November 3 The
second period will run from
November 9 through November 17
thr Wednesday opener was adopted
in an attempt to alleviate crowded
hunting conditions in the first
period
The Snake River and
t'hesmmnus units continue as per
mil entry hull hunts and all permits
were issued through a drawing on
August 2l> The three point regula
lion was retained in the Snake River
Unit The second prriod hunt in
Beulah
Northside and Fast
Murderers ( reek units will sgain be
limited to hunters with controlled
hunt permits and the bag limit
remains at one elk An either sex
season for 1.200permits was adopted
for southeast Oregon The elk are
widely scattered in this largr area
The first period Kooaevrlt elk bull
season runs from November *
through November 12, with the
second period from November 16
through November 22
Hunting
pressure continues to tie evenly
divided between the two hunt
periods
The three point antler
regulation continues in the Saddle
Mountain and Tioga units and arr
again controlled hunts open to those
only with permits
Roosevelt rlk populations continue
to increase, particularly in the
Cascade Range, bow ev er, due to low
hull carry-over, the second elk
season in the Rogue Dixon. Indigo
and McKenzie units will lie limited
entry Huntrrs will need a control
lev) hunt permit to hunt
t i r n r r a l Regulations
Vehicle restrictions will again lx-
in effect in parts of the stale and
hunters should watch for the green
dots that indicate open areas
In addition to the cooperative road
closures found in many areas,
hunter* in some parts of the state
will lx- faced with complete closure
o( the areas to mechanized meins ol
transport where new areas have
been included in wilderness arras
These should tx- posted by the l!S
Forest Service However, it might
be well lo do some checking ahead of
t:mr if you hunt in northeaslern
Oregon or the Cascade* It may be
necessary to modify plans or
methods of travel
As always, it is important for
hunters to maintain good relations
with landowners
Most of the
complete closures for deer in some
arras, and somewhat limited popu
lations o| game birds in certain
areas, there may tx- greater concen
tratums «1 hunters in the remaining
areas This makes It doubly impor
tant to get permission to hunt and to
respect the right* and property of the
the landowners
Hunters are especially urged to
help prevent further spread of the
noxious weed. Tansy Ragwort A
common weed in western Oregon it
was not known until recent years
east of the Cascades Some of the
spread to the east side has tx-en
traced to hunting camps where hay
or straw infested with the weed was
hauled over as bedding or loud for
livestock
Horses or other pack animals
headed for eastern Oregon should
not lx- led western Oregon forage for
at least 48 hours prior to the trip to
prevent spread of the plant in their
manure While on the east side they
should be fed pellets or hay pur
chased after arrival on the east side
There are indications that the
week is being cut back somewhat in
errtain areas, but its potential to
spread is frightening Hunters can
help further by reporting any of the
plants they see to Department of
Fish and Wildlife personnel or to
county extension offices
All hunters should pick up a copy
of the regulations before going afield
lo check possible boundary changes
cx- olber new rule* The bird hunting
regulations also are available a! the
license agencies
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Deer
Burks arr widely scattered in the
Heppner Foasil and Columbia LxtiM
units Larger bucks are generally
found at the higher elevations in
heavy cover arras Hunters are
cautioned to stay on the main travel
roads to prevent the spread of
knapweed which is under several
control program* New road con
struclion will prevent hunters (rom
camping on Willow Creek in the
Heppner Unit
No hunting season in Keating
Fine Creek. Lookout Mountain.
Catherine Creek Sumpter Starkey
and that portion of the Sumpter Cnit
lying north of Hwy 415 and the
Burnt Kiver Canyon ltd from Unity
to Durkre
Archery hunters are reminded the
Sled Springs Unit is either sex this
year and the Norrgaard Kd closure
went into effect August 21 The
(Tx-nimnus Unit is closed to deer and
elk hunting
Snake Kiver elk
hunters should he aware that spike*
and 2 pt hull* are protected during
the archery season and rifle season
Anllerless elk and 3-pt and largrr
bull* are legal for bow hunters in the
Snake River Unit Prospects for
deer are poor in the district and
anterless animals are prolrcted
Mule deer numbers are well below
management objectives The Hells
Canyon Wilderness and river corn
dor is now open to limited entry for
permit holders only
The e'focts of two bad winters
have mail«- it necevsary to close
most of t nion County to mule deer
hunting this year Included in the
closure are the Starkey. Catherine
Creek Fast Mt Emily and West
Wenaha units Consult 1985 regu
lalton texiks for description* of those
units only partially closed
Klk
Klk populations remain stable in
the Heppner and Fossil units and
these animal* are widely scattered
until snow hil* the higher elevations
Very few branched antler Ixills
remain after the 1984 season Areas
with hiding cover remaining and
areas which provide some solitude
will produce the best chances Snow
will improve hunting success
Klk hunting in the Baker district
will hr comparable to last year
Wallowa County elk numlx-rs are
up slightly from Iasi year Vehicle
restriction! will he in effect in the
Norrgaard Chrnimnus ( ¡ r o u s e
Lu k and Ifuntit spring* areas Both
the Chesnimnu* and Snake River
units are again limited entry
Despite hard wintering conditions
the last two years, Union County's
rlk populations remain generally
above management objective levels
Postseason bull ratios arr up
somewhat in the Starkey Unit and
should be even better as a result of
good calf crop last yrar The Ml
Emily. Wenaha and Catherine Creek
units will tx- fair to good for bull
hunting All cooperative road do*
urrs arr nearly the same in the
Starkey. Mt Emily and Wenaha
units A new map will be available
for the Starkey Unit
Klk numlx-rs in the Walla Walla
West Mt Emily and Ckiah units are
comparable to last year Branch
antler bull carryover is only fair
Murderers Creek and Northside
hunting prospects are fair, how ev er.
Desolation hunters are expected lo
have g<xxi success
Bear
Tag sale deadline is September 27
Wallowa District bear numlx-rs
appear lo lx- up and hunting pro
prets are good The Snake River
and Inina ha units should lx' gorxl for
black lx-ar Some large adult tx-ars
have tx-en seen by district personnel
in this unit this year
Hood numlx-rs of bear have tx-en
reported in Union and Baker
counties with hound hunting
expected In provide the tx-sl success
Hunters must acquire tags prior to
hunt
Umatilla district lx-ar numbers
appear to be up and hunting pros
peels are gixid
Hear populations are high in the
Murderers Creek. Desolation and
Beulah units There should tx- g'xxt
hunting particularly with those
hunters with hound*
I'pland (lame
All upland game species showed a
slight improvement in production
and survival comparer! to 1984 in
the Columbia Basin areas of
Morrow, (¡illiam and Wheeler coun
lies Overall, adull upland game
population remains low after prxir
batches and survival in 198.1 and 1984
due to cold and wet weather condi
linns
Fheasant population* are low in
Baker County this year however.
valley q aid numbers are near
•verage
Although (here *us a severe
winter the good nesting season
allowed the ehukar population to
bounce hack to numbers near the
ten sear average
Ail eastern Oregon counties
tMalhrur north of Hwy 20 Baker
and Union Counties' will be open to
ehukar hunting this (all
Ituffled grouse numbers in the
Wallowa district appear to be up.
while blue grouse numbers appear
to tx- low Chukar numbers are up
slightly, but population numbers
stilll remain low
Fheasant hunting is expected to be
poor in the (¡rand Konde Valley A
(airly good hatch of pheasants
• xcurred, but tlx- breeding popu
latiun was at a low level Hungarian
partridge, valley quail and ehukar
partridge numbers are also dowiaaar
Union County again lx-e..u»e of the
hard winters effect* on the breeding
population Hunting should he fair
i<> |»«>r on the latiid Marsh Wildlife
area where pen raised pheasants
will lx- released on the area through
out the season Umatilla County
pheasant production was up slightly
from Iasi year, but below Ihe five
year average Fair to good hunting
is expected throughout the county
t matilla County quail, chukar
and hun pnxluctmn was ptxtr
Waterfowl
Waterfowl hunting along the
Columbia and John Day Kiver and
their tributaries in (¡illiam W heeler
and Morrow counties improve* with
adverse w eat tier conditions Foor
wrathei • oiTttHmosrnoves the birds
from the north lirnmng i.iunliliiiin
improve on loggy and windy days
(><xid resident population in the
Baker district this year The nesting
season appeared to tx- good, which
normally prov ides the early hunting
Hunting is expected to tx* fair to
good in the (¡rand Ronde Valley
The season opener should lx- gixxl
with declining success until fall
All Two-Trackers are invited to
come with a friend and a parent to
an organizational meeting of the 4 II
Horse Club at 7 p m , Sunday. Sept
29 at the Fairgrounds 4 H annex in
Heppner
Frespective members
may sign up (or the 4 H horse club,
help plan the year's program and
4 It week promotion, mret the new
leaders, and elect officers for the
tirst half of the year No horses need
come to this mix-ting A door prize
will lx- given
For further information, call
leader Al Brazell at 989 8132
Sifting
migrants and winter residents
appear later in the year The I .add
Marsh Wildlife area will only he
open on Wednesday, Saturday and
Sunday following the close of phea
sant season
Sheriff’s Report
The Morrow County Sheriff's
Office at the Morrow County Court
house in Heppner reports handling
or dispatching the following busi
ness during the past week
September 16
9 13 a m the Roardman Folice
llepartment received a report of
vandalism done to a car
8 J9 a m
the Morrow County
Sheriff s Office received a report of
vandalism which occurred at Hie
dam site near Heppner
6 26 p m the ftoardman Police
Department responded to a two car
non injure accident in (root of the
Nomad Restaurant in Boarilman
Steven Thomas Hilling. 27. Board
man. was cited for Failure lo Yield
Bight of Way
September 17
12 II a m
the Morrow County
Sheriff's office arrested Wade
Forest Drury. 29. Irngon on a Wasco
County warrant
He was trans
ported lo Wasco County Jail
September 18
7 03 p m Heppner Folice Depart
menl respondi-d to a two-car non
injury accident at Central Market in
Heppner
Further details art-
unknown
September 19
The Irrigon Folice Department
arrested Boy James Fartlow, 38.
Roardman. for allegedly Driving
Under the Influence of Intoxicants
He was released on his own recogni
zance
September 20
The Irrigon Folice Department
arrested Joseph Faul Focht. 23,
Irrigon on a Morrow County Circuit
warrant for Burglary I He was
lodged at Wasco County
September 21
10 52 a m
lone Fire Dept
responded to a grass fire on Cherry
Street at the end of the football field
September 22
I 13 pm Roardman Fire Depart
men! responded to a report of shed
on fire on north Htppee KOad in
Boardman Amount of damage was
unknown
3 29 p m Morrow County Sher
iff'.s Office and a Hejipner amhu
lance responded to a motorcycle
accident on Highway 74 near mile
post 64 i between Heppner and Flint
Rock Joseph Hull. 4t>. Fendleton,
was transported lo SI Anthony
Hospital in Fendleton with serious
injuries
6 to p m Morrow County Sher
iff's Office arrested John Oliver
Line. 47. Irrigon for alleged Assault
IV He posted bail anil was released
through the
in \ ears \go
The 14 ouo acre Itlackhorse Water
shed land treatment and flood pro
lection project was completed in late
August according to David McLeod
executive director ol local Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conservation
Service office The project treat
menl lH-gan early in 1974 under the
1973 Agricultural Conservation Fro
gram cost share funding
The land treatment in Hlarkhorse
providcs Lexington residents and
downstream arras the same pro
lection as the Shotx- Canyon project
provides Heppner and lower areas
2.'» V ears \go
Mr and Mrs Robert Fenland.
jHitdishers of the Heppner (¡azrtte
Times announced the newspaper's
sale to Mr and Mrs WO Wildman
of Fhoenix. Arizona
(¡overoor Mark Hatfield leading a
group of Republican candidates on a
whirlwind tour of Eastern Oregon
Friday afternoon told an audience of
T imes
several hundred in downtown
Heppner that Oregon needs econo
mic development but that govern
menl cost must tx- held down al the
same time if the stale is to gain the
most from such development
5«i Yrar* \go
A fine exhibit in all Ihe divisions
was shown al the North Morrow
County fair held here in Ihe gynma
sium Friday and Saturday when a
large crowd of local and out of town
people attended An unusually fine
showing of poultry and stork was
there
Expectations for the opening of
the deer season were largely fulfil
led as Iasi weekend saw an unceas
ing procession of outside hunting
ears passing through the city tint
berward txnmd and the Inrepar! of
the week saw many happy hunter
returning from the haunts of the
famous mule tails with fine prizes of
the hunt
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