Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-09-26
SEASON OPENS SUNDAY
BEGINNING OCTOBER l SPORTS
MEN MAY SHOOT BIRDS.
State Game Commission Did Not
Make Closed Season on China
Pheasants in Polk.

Inc open season Tor grouse, qua1
Chinese pheasants, ducks, geese
snipe and rail begins next Sunday
October 1st, and already local MIN
rods are getting out blunder
buss in anticipation of the sport fielt
and woods hold in store for them thi,
fall. The deer hunting season has
been open for some time and fishing
in the coast streams is said to be get
ting better.
While there are various differenc-
es in the laws in different counties
concerning geese and ducks, the fed
eral law, which supercedes the state
law, is in effect from October l to
January Is. This makes the season
uniform throughout Oregon and
Washington.
The state of Oregon is divided into
two game districts. District No. /
rs that area of the state lying west
of the Cascade mountains, and Dis
trict No. 2 is east of the Cascades.
The season on Chinese pheasants and
grouse in District No. 1 is from Oc-
tober to October 81. In past years
it has been unlawful to kill female
Chinese pheasants, but the last legis-
lature made change in this law al
lowing hunters to kill one female in
a bag of five birds, or two females
IN a bag of ten, which is the limit for
pheasants and grouse in any seven
consecutive days. The season this
year is also open in jackson and I'm
ion counties for Chinese pheasants
from October to October 10.
The season remains closed through
out the state on Bob-White quail.
The season on California or valley
quail and mountain or plumed quail
is closed entirely throughout the
state, except that there is an open
season in Coos, Curry, jackson and
Josephine counties from October |
to October 81, and an open season in
klamath county from October l to
October 10. The bag limit is ten birds
in any seven consecutive days.
Sportsmen will have to be very
careful in not shooting quail where
they are protected and also in not
shooting the European or Hungarian
partridge.
European or Hungarian partridge ;
has been introduced and is thriving .
well in many parts of the state. This :;
bird is protected at all seasons. 1t is
a bird that is a little larger than the
quail in size. 1t is between quail G
and Chinese pheasant and will be i,
found in field like Chinese pleas
ant.
European or Hungarian partridge /
is generally grey in color and flies
very rapidly. When in flight the red o
brown tail feathers are noticeable :
this bird from the Chi i
1ese pheasant, which has a long tail, :
and the different varieties of quail. .
There are lot of ducks and geese, =
although from the north flights are =
lot in as yet. Breeding is in good :,
shape this year and this applies to +,
lucks, geese and wading birds. There :,
S plenty of water in all the lakes, !,
md for this reason the outlook is
more favorable this year than it was VI
asst Last year lots of the lakes were a,
Try because Of the long dry spell. Be- +,
ause of the rainy summer which we =,
re just through enjoying, the lakes h
re for the most part filled to over q,
owing.
On Chinese pheasants the winter nj
7as hard. This includes quail and all .,s
pland birds. On the Chinas, the =
atehing season was bad on account
f so much rain last spring.
Because the state fish and game
needs the license money o.
ne petition of Polk sportsmen for a tb
osed pheasant season this year has al
cen denied and those who desire 20 in
unit may do so. Local sportsmen say in
lefe are Iew oirds ana 1t Is prob plt
Die that for this reason and also
ON the desire to protect the birds
number Of local hunters will not
mt this fall. MI
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