The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-04-03
Sportsmen Suggest
New Hunting Dates
County Game Club Directors Rec.
ommend 6-Day Deer Season
Next Fall

Next Fall
Drafting set of hunting season
recommendations which will be
presented the state game commits
sion at their session next Monday
directors of the Okanogan County
Game Protective association met at
one OF their most important annual
meetings Wednesday night at Ok
anOgan.
In the main the seasons suggested
followed closely the recommends
tons previously adopted by the
Omak and Okanogan game clubs
It was decided, however, to ask q
closed season on grouse, contrary to
the. Omak clubs suggestion that a
short season on these birds be open
ed next fall.
Select Proposed Dates
The recommendations endorsed
by the directors follow:
Deer-October q to November
II, inclusive.
Bear September 20 to Octobe
6, inclusive.
Chinese Pheasants- October Is,
Is, ~, g.; November 16, 16. II, ID.
Bag, birds, not more than one a
hen.
Quail Same dates as Chinks.
Bag limit, 10. (1owever, entire bag
limit OF both birds not to exceed IL,
All other upland birds, closed
season.
Before their submission to the
state game commissioners at Sc
attic, the proposed seasons will be
handed to the washington State
Sportsmen's Council, in session Sun
day at Wenatchee. The suggestions
of the Okanogan county club, to-
gether with proposals from other
similar organizations in the state,
will guide the Council in making it's
blanket endorsement to the commits
SION
Attending the Okanogan meeting
Wednesday evening, presided over
by President Leonard Therriault OF
Pateros, were the following directors
and sportsmen: DR.. w. S. Bonnalie
Pateros; o. F. Corson, r. r. White
Frank Grahlman and James Duke
Onak; s.. M. Fewkes and r. O.
Giehler of Tonasket; l.. B. Mahugh
and r. j. REFINING, Oroville; w. H
Farmer, TWiSp; L. A. Gillespie,
Brewster; Harold Jones, Harry E.
Stark, o. H. Woody, DR.. A. T.
Thomas and Dale Thorp, of Ok
anogan.
It was decided at the meeting to
make the following statement in
explanation of the clubs stand on
the hunting seasons proposed:
Dates Are Explained
"The Okanogan County Sports
mems club believes that an earlier
deer season would result In the loss
of much meat on account Of the
warm weather, and that it would be
strenuously opposed by farmers and
fruit growers whose work keeps them
on their places during much OF
October. Paramount, however, is
the almost unanimous belief that
October is the main breeding month
for deer.
ITO set an early October season
would be to seriously disrupt this
breeding and result in a large kill
of animals that would otherwise
render valuable service. The club
believes that with the late season
there will be no, or only q slight.
curtailment Of the fawn crop. This
fawn crop should insure success
sion Of two year old deer for breed
ing purposes.
1T is the opinion of county
sportsmen that the jump date sea-
son for birds is more conservative,
but in order to have uniform sea-
son in the state and for the interests
of sportsmen, farmers and orchard
lists who raise the birds, the selected
dates were suggested. An earlier
season would cause dissent from
orchard men. Chinese pheasants do
not appear to be increasing as rap
idly as California quail, hence it
was recommended that a much
larger bag limit be set for quail"