The INDEPENDENT,November 7, 2001
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Ik» Says. . .
From page 3
sive h u n tin g in a la rg e tra c t of
la n d ...w ith th e e x c e p tio n of a
fe w in d iv id u a ls w h o d ro v e
a ro u n d g a te s a n d th ro u g h th e
“ N o E n try ” sig n s p o s te d at th e
b o tto m of C le a r C re e k.
Now, m o s t of th e g a te s have
b e e n o p e n e d a n d v e h ic u la r
a c ce ss is b e in g p e rm itte d at th e
P e te rse n tie road a nd on th e
m a in lin e , fro m m ile 3 4 to m ile
29. It’s a s h a m e th e re a re n ’t a
fe w w a lk -in a re a s le ft fo r p e o p le
w h o w a n t to use s o m e sh o e
leather. T h e b o tto m of C le a r
C re e k w ill re m a in c lo s e d to
v e h ic u la r tra ffic , a s w ill th e
s o u th fo rk o f C le a r C reek. D o
not g o p ast th e 29 m ile m a rke r
to w a rd K e a se y R oad on th e
m a in lin e ,
because
F ib re
e x p e c ts to h a u l s o m e tre e
le n g th s o u t o f th e K o ste r area.
T im b e r c o m p a n ie s ’ s ig n a g e is
not a c cu ra te at tim es, so p e o
ple have b eg un to d isre g a rd the
s ig n s
th e y
e n c o u n te r.
To
e n s u re c o n tin u e d a c c e s s to
th e s e lands, p le a se o b e y th e
sig n s p u t up by th e tim b e r c o m
p a n ies.
Tom a ls o s u g g e s te d th a t
s p o rts m e n call th e local offices
o f L o n g v ie w Fibre fo r up-to-
d a te in fo rm a tio n ab o u t areas
th a t m ay be closed. W h ile it is
a d m ira b le of Lo n g vie w Fibre to
o ffe r th is p e rson al service, it is
so m e tim e s difficult to g e t q uick
a n sw e rs and very tim e c o n
su m in g to L o n g vie w F ibre p e r
sonn el.
H u n tin g d e e r this y e a r has
not c h a n g e d m y m ind on how
dire the d e e r po p u la tio n is in
o u r area. W h ile th e re are deer,
th e y are by no stretch of the
im aginatio n, ve ry ab u n d a n t. O n
foot, I have seen an a ve ra g e of
ab o u t th re e d e e r a day, from
d a ylig h t to da rk (7 to 8 m iles a
day). S e vera l d e e r w e re c o n tin
u a lly s c ra tc h in g a nd lic k in g
th e m s e lv e s a n d d e e r lice w e re
flyin g o n to m e. In ta lkin g to
h u n te rs w h o h a ve h a rve ste d
bucks (w hich is ve ry few ), th e y
n o tice d th a t th e d e e r had he a vy
in fe sta tio n s of d e e r lice. T his
d o e s not b o d e w e ll fo r d e e r th is
w in te r, s in c e d e e r lic e a re
th o u g h t to be p a rt of th e re a
so n th a t d e e r lo se th e ir h a ir in
the w in te r m o n th s.
W h e n I w ro te this a rticle , the
b u cks w e re s ta rtin g to rut, a n d I
w o u ld e x p e c t th e h a rv e s t to
p ick up to the e nd of th e s e a
son. If it d o e s n ’t, this m ay be a
re c o rd
lo w
h a rv e s t
year.
Incide nta lly, I have ta lke d w ith
h u n te rs fro m th e c o a s t w h o are
tra v e lin g u p h e re to h u n t
b e c a u s e w e have b e tte r d e e r
n u m b e rs th a n th e y do. M aybe
w e nee d to sta rt a d e e r h a tc h
e ry to ke e p th e B la ckta ile d d e e r
off th e E S A list!!
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Nehalem Valley Chapter
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Thursday of each month
at 7:00 p.m.
The public is welcome.
For meeting location, call
(503) 429-7193.
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