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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1963)
; . w - - . - ... . -. v ' , .. . - 1 ifS rX S','S :, BIRDS FLOCK INTO REFUGES AS HUNTERS PREPARE FOR HUNT The picture at left, showing the sky almost full of ducks and geese on the Tulelake Wildlife Refuge, is a common sight for the refuge during the birds' migratory flight south for the win ter. This refuge is a feeding ground for the birds. This photo was taken by refuge em- Arr " ii V'.:fl SUCCESSFUL HUNTER DISPLAYS KILL A hunter, parked in Trailer City, displays his day's kill on the side of his trailer. These three pintails were part of the big kill made during the ooening days of the duck hunting season. They are three of the ac countable 11,461 ducks killod on the Tulelake and Lower Klamath Refuge hunting ranges. ,x , v.., 4 - r ' ' ' r'...v" , '" ' ; . v .; , . SETTING UP HOUSEKEEPING Mr. and Mrs. H. T. KlauWns of Redding, Calif., let up their tent as they make ready for the opening of the season on on of the refuges. The Redding couple has been coming to the Basin to hunt for 20 years and have found it successful and relaiing. They set up their tnf rather than bring t trailer as many hunters did. ploye Robert F. Russell. The birds find their stooping off Dlace on the Lower Klamath and Tulelake refuges to feed and water on their way south. At right is an aerial photo by staff photographer Don Kettler, taken of Trailer City. Hundreds of hunters, pre- PAGE S E HERALD AM) NEWS, Klaraalh Falls. Ore. Sunday, Frbruary 24, 1963 Klamath Basin Proves Top Hunting Paradise The Klamath Basin, in Kmilh-ithat tremendous flntks "f ducks ern Oregon and Northern Calilnr- and Reese. miRi atinK within the nia, proved onee asain to he onePacilic Flyway. gathered here for of the outstanding watei fowl resting and feeding, areas in North America in !2. In rii mi,,ijnn. thousands nl This valley of nearly a million birds winging .southward along acres was formerly a land of the Pacilic Coast turn inland and large shallow lakes and extensive cross the Cascade Range to stop marshes. Its ricli soils, ahund ance o( leed, and widespread wa ter areas were ideal for water fowl. So attractive was the Hasin and rest within the Klamath Ba sin. Other waterfowl from the east edge of the flyway veer west ward at the Snake River in Ida- 4r hn, or Great Salt Lake in Utah, to reach this ancestral gathering area. Banding has shown that many ducks and geese come from the marshes of Malheur Nation al Wildlife Refuge in southeast Oregon and Bear River Migra tory Bird Refuge in Utah. Over l.fiflO hunters were pres ent on the Tulelake and Lower (Continnued on Page 7-K) & fk Ss yOTF ,-i OH FOR A GUN INSTEAD OF A CAMERA This may have been what Tulelake Wild life Refuge employe Robeit F. Russell was thinkinq when he took this photo of the ducks and geese scattering to the skies after being scared by Russell and his camera. This picture shows the abundance of ducks in the Basin during their annual trip south. w''iiiii'iryiiii- i - pared to stay for a while, park their trailers along the State Line Road of Southern Oregon and Northern California. Some hunters, coming as far as Los Angeles and from several different states, come for the duration of the season and stav in their trailers parked along the state line. Here they are close to the refuges and the hunting spots. i - 1 ' r- ',!s: -- f - ; ' " ' .. ,- in nil r'1-"" - v . . . .,, -. HUNTING DAY NEARS CLOSE The hunting day is about to close as the sun sett behind Sheepy Ridge at Tulelake Refuqe. This beautiful and scenic photo was taken by Don Kettler of the Herald and News as the hunting day was about to close with th setting of the sun. The scenic sights add more pleasure to hunters coming to the Basin for the first time. t-'-t . Ml"l Vl 4 XV DESERTED TRAILERS SIT EMPTY This lonq line of trailers sit empty, awaiting the return of their occupants from the day's hunt. These trailers, parked along the Oregon-California state line, served as houses for the visitinq hunters. Over 90 trailers were present in the Trailer City when this pho'o was taken by sta'f photographer Don Kettler. f 3S." - ,T--- - - p2 sv - - ' V ' - - " - "i' rJ' u.t-vi-- " " I fi - f .J SEATTLE HUNTERS SUCCESSFUL These two Seattle, Wash., hunters w, success ful on their day's hunt. Ben Sehulti and Calvin Ray have been huntinq here 34 years. They are pictured at the Tulelake Boat Club where they got boats to go out onto the lake lor thlr hunt and to find blinds. Ray holds a p Air of ducks which were result of hunt.
