Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-09
Deer Season Opens
18th Of This Month

The open season for shooting buck
deer in southern Oregon opens a
week from today and numerous
parties are already making arrange
ments for hunting trips. Many will
leave this week so as to be on the
ground at the beginning of the sea-
son.
One item which must be particu-
larly impressed upon local hunters
and more forcibly upon hunters
from other sections, is that it is un-
lawful to kill deer in the Ashland
watershed, which extends to the top
of the Mount Wagner and Ashland
Butte divide.
Three years ago it was a possible
achievement, and in fact a frequent
ly accomplished trip, to leave Ash
land in the evening, camp on Mount
Ashland or Wagner that night, kill
deer the next morning and return
to the city the same day. Since the
watershed has been made a game
preserve, the deer are multiplying
rapidly and the party which climbs
the mountains without seeing one or
several deer is the exception. On
two occasions the carcasses of does
were found in Ashland canyon since
the passage of the law Both in
stances aroused widespread indigna-
tion and any violator of the law who
is convicted of such a base act will
receive all that he deserves from the
citizens of Ashland and the authori-
ties.
The state game laws regarding
deer follow:
'It is unlawful to kill any but
buck deer with horns; it is unlawful
to hunt at night; it is unlawful to
hunt without having hunting
license on ones person, and to refuse
to show ones license on demand of
proper officer, owner or represent
ative of real property on which one
1is hunting; it is unlawful to hunt on
any game preserve; it is unlawful to
disguise sex or kind of game.
1T is also unlawful to hunt deer
with dogs, as we'll as to lie in wait
near licks while hunting deer. No
person is permitted to have in his
possession more than forty pounds
Of jerked venison.
"The deer season in all counties
east of the Cascade mountains opens
August Is and closes October 81, the
same as on the Pacific slope"
In addition to these state laws
there are several unwritten laws
which every hunter should observe.
Every year the list of those who have
been mistaken for deer and shot
mounts higher. We in Ashland have
on several occasions had the lesson
of care brought home to us with
grewsome force.
Let every hunter keep his finger
off the trigger until he is absolutely
certain that the object he is shooting
at is a buck deer with horns. Better
the loss of thousand deer than the
chance that human being is to be
the recipient of your bullet. Never
commit the unspeakable crime of
shooting into the brush upon hear
ing a movement.
When hunting, drab or khaki
clothes should not be worn. A red
or white shirt and hat should always
be worn. This applies not only when
actually hunting but also when pass
ing through a game country. Don't
figure that you will take the
chance" Remember that you are
long time dead and that the one who
suffers is the one who does the shoot
ing and those who are left behind.
Never hunt with gun cooked.
When you are at high tension a
slight noise may cause you to pull
the trigger whether you intended to
or not.
A list of "dont's" which would
make a book could be offered, but
the safest way to avoid stopping
bullet is to stay away from the shoot