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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1949)
PACt TIN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON 1ATUKOAY, OCT. 1, TJf 1, Deer Camp r c. I . ; L- bX-L-tj- vitr rTri uifciujw JiH-. 2vAr 1 54 -4 j r-i V 1 '1i 7 '.Vtlli IE: ? . '"-'1!n 2T2T! IU JU At"'; - ,. r ' v .. h . f ---JV3 s Z2 t GUNS STARTED BOOMING throughout the state of Ore gon thii morning with fat bucks the targets of on army of red-hatted hunters. Red Hurd of The Herald and News staff, end Wes Cuderion, photographer, went with a party of Klamath Falls hunters Thursdoy to pictorially record their camp preparations in the Rim Rock district of Lake county near Finley Corrals. (1) Jerry Dillavou, Bly service station attendant, goses up for Deon Houston and Dick Hayden before the group ' started on their last 35 miles to compsite. (2) Hayden and his young son, Tim, 10, take it easy on a bridge spanning the south fork of Sprague river on their way to camp. (3) Nelson Chambers, Finley Corrals ranger, on crutches, seems to be telling Dick, "There's a lot of deer over there." (4) Road sign at the entrance of Lake county in the Fre mont forest. (5) Here's the camp where Houston, young Tim, Hoyden and his father, Austin Hayden, will spend several days in search of venison. (6) Austin Hoyden hands Houston the oxe to pound the first tent stake. (7) Houston lights a lamp, a necessary camp item on a shooting ex cursion. (8) Austin washes o plate In the stream odjacenf to the camp. (9) 'The men can hove their rifles, I'll take my sling shot," says Tim. The lad was busy shooting at bottle targets. (10) Houston "sights in" and dreams of "that big buck." (11) Austin shines up his trusty rifle in readying for the "big day." (12) The camp settled and shooting still a day off, Dick, left, Dean and Austin relax for a game of pinochle. The Hoydens are residents of Klamath Falls. Houston now lives in Sacramento, Calif, with his wife and fomily, but for many years made this city his home. Hurd and Cudcrian found the party In Bly just before they hit th road for the compsite. Several stops were made on the way to take pictures of the beautiful scenery in Fremont Nationol forest and to chat with others who were making camp early. The spot picked out by the group above was a familiar one to them. They last visited the secluded camp two years ago and had been there in hunting season many times before. They hoped to bag their bucks by Sunday and break camp.
