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Page 2 — Wednesday, July 31, 2013, HUNTING & FISHING IN LAKE COUNTY, Lakeview, Oregon
Hunting Tag Numbers Built Upon Population Data
By Ryan Bonham Lake County Examiner Hunting tags: they’re truly a numbers game. Determination of total hunting tag numbers on the varied units is largely dependent upon population data collected by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials. Craig Foster, a biologist with the Lakeview ODFW office, said that management objectives are based upon a buck-doe ratio. In the case of mule deer, one of the most common tags hunters seek out each year, the objective for the Interstate Unit is 15 bucks per 100 does. “If I’m over that and I have a good fawn crop, then I can increase my tags,” he said. “If I’m under that, or have a poor fawn crop…then I’ve got to reduce tags. It’s all based on population, and fawn recruitment and how we did last year.” Likewise, the management objective on the Warner Unit is 25 bucks per 100 does. The total population estimates are determined in March following the conclusion of winter and the end of winter mortality, Foster said. Fawns that survive the winter months generally will make it into adulthood, he said. Once this information is collected, Foster forwards his recommendations to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in Salem. Some changes may be made at the state level, if deemed necessary.
Editorial Index Hunting Tag Numbers Built Upon Population Data
Avid Bird Hunter Reflects on the Changing Times
Angling Regulations at Lofton Reservoir Lifte
Lakeview Youth Love to Hunt
Wildlife Guzzlers: Fundamentals of Watering Wildlife
Agencies Ramp Up Juniper Removal Across the Board
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By Ryan Bonham . . . . . . 4 By Anthony Burrola . . . .14
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Shooting is a Habit
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Special circumstances may dictate the establishment of certain types of hunts, Foster said. In areas where recurring private land damage is happening, ODFW may schedule cow elk, doe deer or doe antelope hunts, as examples. Private land damage by big-horn sheep is not so much a problem in Lake County, he noted, as normally the perpetrators are generally by deer or elk, Foster said. Each spring, meetings are held with the proposed tag numbers locally, usually in conjunction with the Lake County chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association. This meeting provides locals with an opportunity to ask informal questions before the numbers are forwarded to the state fish and wildlife commission for approval in June. Tag numbers, this year, have no substantial changes throughout the county, Foster said, with little to no changes to antelope tag numbers over last year. Foster noted their numbers are markedly up over the 10-year average.
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Angling regulations at Lofton Reservoir lifted through October By Ryan Bonham Lake County Examiner
Fishermen, at Lofton Reservoir, there is no limit… well, at least not through Oct. 13. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) officials recently announced the lifting of angling regulations, a move that took effect on July 1 and will continue through Oct. 13. ODFW biologist David Banks said that this action is in preparation for the removal of tui chub at Lofton Reservoir, located about 9 miles south of Quartz Mountain, a project that ultimately aims to restore the site as a trout fishery. Banks said a survey issued in 2010 examined what anglers were catching out of Lofton Reservoir, ranging from fingerlings and trophies to legal-size trout. After checking fish populations in the reservoir with net catches, Banks said that it was determined that rainbow trout were not surviving. Normal reservoir limits are five fish a day using flies, bait or lures with only one harvested fish allowed
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Angling restrictions have been lifted off of Lofton Reservoir through mid-October in preparation for a tui chub treatment project that will commence this fall. over 20 oz. The tui chub treatment will commence later in October, utilizing a rotenone chemical treatment to remove the competing tui chub from the reservoir. Part of the goal is to reduce the amount of time trout must spend in fisheries before stocking to reduce the overall cost of raising them. Banks also said that the longer the fish
are in the fishery, the higher the cost to raise them, and also reduced space as they grow. “In my mind, it’s a more efficient use of angler dollars,” he said. The removal of limits for anglers will assist in removing rainbow trout prior to the treatment process. ODFW will be working with the Forest Service in closing the area off to the
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general public in the postdeer hunting season. Banks said the hope is to allow time for sampling and the following year’s treatments and activities. The reservoirs are generally open all year round, Banks said, but Lofton will be closed to the public during the tui chub treatment process. The chemical compound utilized dissipates
quickly, but the closure is necessary to allow for ample sampling and monitoring time, Banks said. How quickly the compound dissipates will depend on the temperature of the water at that time, but the estimated timeline is two to seven days, he said. Tui chub is a native species to the Goose Lake Basin, he said, but were never historically present in Lofton Reservoir. “We’re not sure how they got there,” Banks said, noting they may have been used as bait at one time.” Rainbow trout are struggling to develop sufficient extra fat reserves during the winter months due to the competitive nature of tui chub, Banks said. Following the chemical treatment, the hope is to offer fly angling opportunities that will be viable. Anglers can fly fish the reservoir at present, but historically has been a difficult means of harvest at Lofton. For more information, contact the Lakeview ODFW field office, located at 101 N. D St., Suite 9, at 541-947-2950.
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Wildlife Guzzlers: Fundamentals of Watering Wildlife By Ryan Bonham Lake County Examiner Water is the essence of all living beings, including wildlife. While the human race is blessed with opposable thumbs and digits by biological design that afford easy access to a tap, critters of the wild require alternate means of quenching their thirst. Strategically-placed devices known colloquially as ‘guzzlers’ are placed throughout the county, according to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Craig Foster. The chief components of these systems include the water-collection device, known as an apron, which is interconnected into an underground storage system. The apron features a tin metal covering that funnels water into the underground tanks, and closely resembles a storage shed that’s been buried nearly up to its roofline. From there, the water flows down to a float-based valve that keeps the water
level of the concrete ‘drinker’ tank in check. This valve is the same type of concept as the float valve built into the common household toilet, which shuts off the water supply to the commode after the level has risen to a pre-set point, Foster said. The float box is buried underground to prevent freezing in the winter, Foster said, noting that occasionally a little bit of manual manipulation helps to keep its operation free and functional. “The size of your apron determines how much water you can store,” Foster said. An example of one such system is located in the Coglan Butte area, northeast of Valley Falls. Its design, for which original construction likely dates back to the late 1970s, features a 2,000-gallon water storage capacity, and the site is fenced off to keep surrounding grazing cattle out of the area, Foster said. Foster noted that cattle may consume 10 to 15 gallons of water per day, versus the 1 to 1.5 gallons
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Similar to the valve in the back tank of a common household toilet, the float valve controls the flow of water from the storage tank to the concrete drinker.
per day consumed by bighorn sheep. Whereas older examples often feature steel tanks, this particular site incorporates plastic septic tanks, he said. Big-horn sheep are among the local animals that frequent the guzzler, Foster said, and consume sufficient quantities that water is often trucked in and hand-delivered during the dry season to ensure a sufficient supply. County-wide, there are about 120 of these guzzler systems, all located in the desert habitats. Locations range from north of Fort Rock to Beatys Butte. “It’s the primary water source for big horn sheep,” Foster said. “It’s not uncommon, if you’re out in the desert to bump into one of these things.” From mule deer all the way down to birds and chipmunks, these systems serve a broad spectrum of wildlife. “Everything out here needs a drink of water,” he said. Regular maintenance is required, with ODFW and BLM officials often coordinating efforts since the majority of the guzzlers are located on BLM land, Foster said. The most common forms of damage is vandalism, or occasionally wind damage to the apron unit. Concrete drinkers occasionally see wear or damage from wildlife, well, being wild life. Help is welcomed from the public with maintenance efforts to the guzzler units, as well as relaying information on observed damage. To report damage or to learn how to become involved with assisting in their repair, contact the Lakeview field office of ODFW at 541-947-2950.
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An apron unit collects water that is stored in underground tanks and regulated at a drinker unit by a float valve.
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Shooting is a habit By Anthony Burrola Lake County Examiner
For some, hunting is a hobby; for others, it’s a way of life. For Lake County Commissioner Brad Winters, it takes only the mention of the two-syllable word to watch his eyes beam with delight. “It’s much more than a hobby,” affirmed Winters. It’s not an addiction, a hobby, or just something to pass the time. It’s ingrained in him. It, at the risk of sounding cliché, is absolutely a way of life. Winters traces hunting back to his family history. “It’s part of my heritage,” he said. “Connecting with the outdoors, the family time, the experience of being out there.” His father, Orville Winters, showed him how to hunt before he was even of age. He learned it at an early age and it was nothing at which he even batted an eye. The weekends came and it was time to go hunting with his father. That’s just the way it was.
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Brad Winters, one of Lake County’s three Commissioners and a lifetime hunter, poses with one of his kills.
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U.S. F & W Two-year Pronghorn Study Concludes in October By Ryan Bonham Lake County Examiner A two-year pronghorn antelope radio collar study conducted by U.S. Fish & Wildlife officials is set to conclude this October. USF&W Biologist Gail Collins said that the study, which commenced in October 2011, tracked the travels of pronghorn antelope during the winter months. A total of 39 collars were placed on adult female pronghorns, with an equal distribution between the Hart Mountain and Sheldon National Refuges. The USF&W agency oversees both of these refuges, which were solely set up for the preservation of the pronghorn species, Collins said. Collins said that their summer grounds are known, but the study sought to examine where they traveled during the coldest
months of the year. “Also, we wanted to know if the two populations mix (on winter ground),” Collins said. “It’s the first time any study like this has ever been done.” The radio collars contain a GPS tracker as well as a radio receiver, she said, so that individual locations could be tracked and later downloaded for data study purposes. A mechanism in the collar allows it to fall free from the animal once the study concludes. From there, USF&W officials can track down the collar using radio signal tracking technology. In some cases, a few collars have already been recovered, as they either fit
too loose or were collected from animals that fell prey to winter mortality, Collins said. “(With) some of them I found a carcass, some them I didn’t,” she said. Within two weeks of the start of the study, a winter meeting ground was established in the Guano Valley area, Collins said. The winter of 2011/12 proved relatively mild, and it appeared that half of the tracked animals stayed on the refuges while the other half moved between them. A different migration movement occurred in 2012/13, which saw markedly more severe weather conditions, Collins said. Data is still being collected on that movement, but it appears that there is a certain degree of flexibility RYAN BONHAM/ Lake County Examiner in their travels as well as U.S. Fish & Wildlife Biologist Gail Collins is currently fawning grounds. “They might stay concluding a two-year pronghorn antelope radio where they’ve been all collar study that will wrap up in October.
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RYAN BONHAM/ Lake County Examiner
terfowl. The changing trends for bird hunting are certainly not across the board in the county’s entirety, however. Wenzel noted that Summer Lake continues to thrive as a destination for bird hunting, as are the Warner wetlands in years that there is sufficient water. “Summer Lake is still good, and that’s where I always go,” he said. Upland birds such as quail are still present in the county, though by his observation chukars are reduced in numbers; but, by his own admission, chukar hunting is a pursuit best left for the younger up-and-comers. “When I was younger, nothing would stop me,” he said, with a laugh. “I’ve taken some bad falls, and I’m a little wiser.” In terms of his own preferences, Wenzel said he
enjoys the upland birds for taste over water fowl. He cited the milder flavor of pheasants, quail or chukar, and require less time to prepare for the dinner table. In addition to his involvement with Ducks Unlimited, he also assists with Road Scholar birding programs as they come to town. He’s also a member of the American Bird Conservancy and Nature Conservancy. Wenzel also enjoys bird watching, along with assisting with conservation efforts. In the big picture, Wenzel is looking to the clouds for some much-needed precipitation. “I’m hoping for some good water years, and I’m sure the ranchers are, too,” he said.
Retired U.S. Forest Service soil scientist Dave Wenzel, shown with hunting canine companion Jenny, has enjoyed bird hunting in Lake County for more than 40 years.
By Ryan Bonham Lake County Examiner Bird hunting times, they are a-changing; just ask longtime hunter Dave Wenzel, of Lakeview. Wenzel, a resident of Lakeview for the past 41 years – since 1972, to be precise – said that bird hunting was among the things he checked out prior to relocating to the area through his career with the U.S. Forest Service as a soil scientist and watershed program manager. Wenzel, who majored in soil sciences at the University of Wisconsin, moved to Lakeview from Prairie du Sac, Wisc., a town near
Madison. Bird hunting opportunities happened to fall into the recreational category he was interested. “I checked it out before I moved here,” he said, noting he and his wife, Town of Lakeview Councilor Sandra, and their two daughters moved to the area sight unseen. Wenzel recalled a gradual decline in the concentrations of birds settling on Goose Lake and those flying out to the Warner Valley, over the years. His own perception is that the gradual phasingout of locally-grown grain paralleled this decline. Likely a sign of the changing economic times
around the 1980s era, Wenzel said that fields previously growing grain were replaced by pasture for cattle. “The birds need the grain in the fall and early winter,” he said. Pervading drought conditions through the years also likely played an impact, Wenzel said, noting that Goose Lake regularly dries up during extended periods lacking moisture. Wenzel said that, on a national level ducks and geese are faring well. Locally, Ducks Unlimited, a conservation SUBMITTED PHOTO group focused primarily on Wenzel, l-r, along with Mike Lohrey and Bill Otani show habitat restoration efforts, off their Canadian geese harvests during a late 1980s works to improve conditions in the county for wa- hunt.
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Lakeview youth love hunt In Lake County, there are plenty of traditions to which the population subscribes. Given the nature of the area, and how close it is to the outdoors, there is a healthy respect for the environment and wildlife by locals. That respect is built-in at an early age, much like the other traditions. Hunting, for example, is something that parents teach their children at an early age. Steven Lucas, 16, son of Larry and Teresa Lucas, and brother to Amber, Michael and Rebecca, is just one of the many youth hunters in Lake County. Steven has been hunting since he was 10 years old. At that early an age, it’s not legal to hunt for big game. He started small, hunting upland game such as birds, chucker, coil, ducks and geese. Steven learned from his parents how to shoot a rifle, which was the weapon he used when hunting upland game. It wasn’t until he turned 12, the legal hunting age in Oregon, that he took his hunting safety class with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Craig Foster, where Steven learned the Ten Commandments of firearms and the basics of firearm and hunter safety. Lakeview youth are required by law to attend hunter safety classes and pass the test at the end of the course in order to be eligible for hunting. The course covers handling firearms safely, conservation, habitat for wildlife, what the hunters need to survive in the forest, water, feed, and game identification. In order to receive their hunter safety cards, they need to get 80 percent or better on the sixty-question test. That means they can only miss a total of 12 questions. Steven missed two. After receiving his hunting safety card, Steven was eligiBy Anthony Burrola Lake County Examiner
ble to purchase a hunting license at one of the few businesses in Lakeview that sell them. For rifle hunting, there are only so many tags to be had, so they have to put in their licenses to be drawn from a pool. Steven has earned a hunting tag and some kills with a rifle, a process less difficult than hunting with a bow. Despite qualifying for state twice in the 4-H Archery Club, Steven has struggled to find his first kill with a bow. The success rate for archery hunting is not as high as it is for rifle hunting, which explains why bow hunters can walk into a store and buy a tag to hunt deer and elk, whereas rifle hunters have to win a lottery. “You have to get a lot closer,” said Larry. “But getting up close, making that shot and not spooking the animal is tough.” In addition, it’s not uncommon for bow hunters to shoot 100 arrows a week for practice just to keep their skills afloat. Steven recounts the close encounters he’s had with game, including one instance where he was close enough but ultimately let a few elk walk because he wasn’t comfortable with the shots he had. Larry and Teresa teach patience and respect for the animals, not wanting their children to develop bad habits and wound an animal but not kill it by taking a bad shot. When asked how close he has to be before firing an arrow, Steven stated that he needs to be as close as 40 yards. His father taught him not to shoot at anything with a bow if you’re past 50 yards. When aiming, he tries to shoot behind SUBMITTED PHOTO the front shoulder in the heart and the lungs area, and the aniA young Steven Lucas mal should be standing broad side or slightly quartering away poses with the head of from the shooter. It’s about ethical hunting, said Larry, and it’s something ingrained in the community since their youth. one of his first rifle kills.
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Agencies ramp up juniper removal across the board By Anthony Burrola Lake County Examiner
Removal of dangerous, noxious weeds has always been a way of life in farming communities, where the economy and lives rely so heavily upon agriculture. Much to the chagrin of farmers, weeds tend to out compete healthy, edible plants. Juniper trees are widely considered a more sizeable threat to the habitat than weeds, both in physical size and legitimacy. The battle against juniper trees has been an ongoing one, with the goal of cutting 400 acres annually being considered a good year from 1985 to about 2007. Federal agencies, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service have put juniper removal at the top of their lists in the past five years,
and that former goal has become obsolete. ODFW’s Sage Grouse habitat biologist Brandi St. Clair reported that they have contracted over 10,000 acres this year alone. Craig Foster, biologist for the ODFW, has been involved with juniper treatment since 1983 in Lake County, and has noted the marked increase in juniper removal in the past five years. “In two years,” he said, “We have been responsible for upwards of 28,000 acres (of juniper removal).” Foster said that hunters and community members have commented as they’ve passed through areas where they have heavily treated juniper, such as the areas from Adel to Lakeview off Hwy 140. The response has been a mix of both appreciation and concern, he said, but he made it clear that the removal is done to improve rangeland
health, sage grouse habitat, cattle forage, and the preservation of other species. The agencies involved are strategically targeting specific areas where they feel they’ll yield the most positive results and improvements. “The agencies involved are all trying to work in the county at a landscape level approach,” said Foster. “We are dealing with wildlife species that have long home range, and that scale is attributed to new knowledge about our wildlife species and what they need to survive.” The danger that juniper poses to wildlife cannot be overstated. There are three main negative effects that the spread of juniper has on the environment. The first negative impact is water availability. Junipers hoard the water supply of land, sucking from 50 to 80 gallons of wa-
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ter a day per tree, on average. “Picture juniper as drinking straws,” said St. Clair. “The amount they suck up is extremely significant, especially when you get into denser lands.” If juniper were a vehicle, it would be the hummer to bitter brush’s Prius Hybrid. The second big drawback of juniper is space. According to Foster, the juniper root system is eight times the size of its crown, which means that space is lost where bitter brush, a food source for mule deer, would be able to grow. The third negative that can be applied to juniper is that it spreads seeds that eliminate growth opportunities for perennial grass, plant foods, and minerals that live in the soil. Without sufficient forage such as bitter brush, SUBMITTED PHOTO hunter tags will decrease, Juniper removal has increased dramatically in the past five years as awareness as deer will become scarce. Juniper is not a food about its dangerous effects and negative impact on the habitat of wildlife species for most wildlife species, has been raised. Pictured is one of the areas where juniper has been slashed. and there are only so much
nutrients in the ground. “Without juniper removal,” Foster said, “We are growing a non-food plant at the expense of a food plant.” If that were to continue, Foster would have to cut the amount of hunter tags he distributes each year. The information on juniper’s negative effects has been out for quite some time, but awareness has seen an uptick in recent years, leading to a more unified approach from ranchers, farmers and government agencies joining forces to battle the spread of juniper. The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to cut 50,000 acres of juniper on public land from 2010 to 2015. The NRCS has cut 18,000 acres since 2007, with the plan to reach 30,000. “We can make a significant difference,” said Foster. “But it’s going to take a decade or so. We’ve got a long way to go.”
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