HERALD AND NEWS, Klamalh Falls. Orr.
Sunday, February 24, 19A3
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READY FOR ACTION Ted Drennon of Rsno, Nev., stands up in his floating-boat
blind and waits for the ducks to come to him. He had the blind built around his boat
so he could maneuver around the lake to the better sites. He also wears a camou
flaged' jacket and hat to deceive the ducks.
Basin Proves Busy Spot For Enthusiastic Hunters
(Conlinurd (rom I'agf 6-E
Klamalh areas opening day ot
waterfowl season in 1WS!. Almost
200 camps were scattered about
the areas U21 near Lower Klam
ath. 72 near Tulelake'.
The biggest influx nt hunters
occurred during the opening
weekend of pheasant season when
mild weather, a three-day week
end and a chance lo hunt water
fowl and pheasants both attracted
over 2.000 hunters to the area.
About 163 camps were set up
near the refuses on that weekend.
A survey conducted during the
12 season showed that approxi
mately 32 per cent of the hunt
ers traveled WM) miles or more
to hunt on the Basin refuge.
Nearly one-fourth of the hunters
using the refuges were (rom Los
Angeles County. In the survey
58 of California's counties, seven
other states and two foreign
countries were represented. It
was the peak population of hunt
ers during 12.
This line waterfowl area has
been a big boon to business in
the area during the seasons, also.
A sample economic survey in
1931 of 48 motels, hotels, restau
rants, sporting goods stores, and
gas stations in the towns of Ma
lin. Merrill, Klamath Kalis and
Tulelake revealed that 13.3 per
cent of the gross receipts was re
ceived from hunter expenditures.
From this survey it is calcu-l
laled that the dollar value of j
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lumling to these businesses for
that year was R!,800,OUO in those
areas. It is undoubtedly greater
now.
Completely immeasurable ir
dollars, but of tremendous recre
ational value, is the pleasure de
rived by visitors, vacationists.
ornithologists, and others who
visit the world lamous waterfowl
concentration areas of the Upper
Klamath Basin each year.
Records for !2 at Tulelake
and Lowe r Klamalh Refuge
headquarters show lM,3ii4 visi
tor days, including persons from
numerous foreign countries. For
eign students and biologists in
variably desire to visit these ref
uges above all others.
Tile Lower Klamath Refuge had
a total of 11,2!I2 hunter days with
a total bag of ducks and geese
amounting to 12.3118. There were
4.8 goose kills and 7,340 duck
kills. Tulelake Refuge had a total
of 11,5111) hunter days with 12,050
total kills. There were 5.909 goose
kills and 8.141 duck kills.
So the total kills on the two
refuses amounted to 24,358. There
were 22.878 hunter days so the
hunters got 1.07 birds per hunter.
An estimated 2.874 pheasants
were killed on the refuges in 1962.
Approximately 4.500 hunter days.
of use occurred on I he tw o areas.
Average number of pheasants
per hunter day was about three
fifths of one bird per hunter.
Hunter success on Lower Klam
ath was 61 per cent and the suc
cess of Tulelake was 57 per cent.
Total kill was about average com
pared to the last five years.
There is a total of 84.4116 acres
on tlie refuges open. Tule has 34,
997 acres ot which 22,000 is crops
and upland and the other 13,000
are marsh and water. Lower
Klamath has 29,700 acres with
17,000 as upland and crops and
12,000 of marsh and water.
The acreages open to waterfowl
and pheasant hunting during
tlie season are 9,727 at Tulelake
which represents 28 per cent of
the total area. Lower Klamath
has 6.350 acres open which is 21
per cent of the total area. This is
25 per cent of the total areas.
This open area includes about
7,000 acres of agricultural land
and 9.000 acres of marsh and wa
ter. During the first two days
of California state hunting season,
about 24,400 additional acres are
open to plieasant hunting only.
Peak duck populations general
ly occur Ihe latter part of Octo
ber with the peak goose popula
tions occurring one to two weeks
later. The birds come through
the refuges again in spring on the
way to their northern breeding
areas.
FIRST FEDERAL
HUNTER'S VIEW FROM SHORE BLINDS This photo,
taken as the sun is about to set over the Tulelake Refuge
by staff photographer Don Kettler, shows the marshy
sites where the ducks like to settle. A hunter sets ud his
blinds near this area around the reeds and waits for the
ducks to come in. This is another of the scenic views the
hunters enjoy during a hunting excursion to the Klamath
Basin.
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ASSETS
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REAL ESTATE
LOANS ON SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS
OTHER LOANS
INVESTMENTS AND
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CASH ON HAND AND
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LOANS IN PROGRESS JIJ.Mt.M
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21,040.150. 4
26t,S3I.J
116, 388,14
4,160,000.00
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342,676 72
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