. Oregon sportsman. s in Oregon whensalmon eggs will not be allowed tobe used on our streams. I wasonce the user of salmon eggs, butsince I have learned the art of flycasting, thanks to Mooch Abrahams,fishing ceases to be sport unless Ican catch them on a fly. I had two deer hunts and wassuccessful in hearing them, but notseeing them, because it was verydry. I found a condition in themountains which is no doubt verycommon to the old deer hunter,something that interested me verymuch as I am a great believer inconservation of game. On ridgeafter ridge along the main traveleddeer trails we would
. Oregon sportsman. s in Oregon whensalmon eggs will not be allowed tobe used on our streams. I wasonce the user of salmon eggs, butsince I have learned the art of flycasting, thanks to Mooch Abrahams,fishing ceases to be sport unless Ican catch them on a fly. I had two deer hunts and wassuccessful in hearing them, but notseeing them, because it was verydry. I found a condition in themountains which is no doubt verycommon to the old deer hunter,something that interested me verymuch as I am a great believer inconservation of game. On ridgeafter ridge along the main traveleddeer trails we would find within theradius of a hundred square yards from 8 to 15 dead skeletons which werekilled no doubt by the cougar during the winter months. Many of thedeer hunters whom I talked with state the same condition, and if anyof our enthusiastic huntsmen are looking for the sport of shootingcougar they will certainly have fine sport in that section. My only regret is that my trip couldnt last three months in placeof MRS. FRANK V. SMITHEnthusiastic Angler THE GRAY WOLF OF THE CASCADES By John F. Short, Foster, Oregon AN article on the gray wolf of the Cascades may be of interest toyour the summer for several years, I have employedby the government in the Santiam Forest of the Cascades. My workhas been the building of trails, telephone work, etc. This has been anopportunity for me to study the habits and inclinations of theseanimals, and I have observed that the gray wolves are fast increasingin number. I can well remember when it was a rare thing to see a wolf trackanywhere; but during the last few years they have become very numer-ous. I have actually seen trails made by them through the forests, and THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 27 have several times come across carcasses of deer that had been killedby wolves, the remnants of the, deer still warm. One day after I had finished some telephone line work at Quartz-ville, and was returning to Foster, I came across two
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