Tomorrow, Mountain View Farms Archery Range will host a hunter prep shoot and a lecture about elk and upland game birds from wildlife biologist Stuart Love.

The gathering, now in its fifth year, attracted nearly 80 people last year.

“The public is welcome — hunters and non-hunters,” said Mary Eaton, who owns Mountain View along with Mel Luckie.

The 40-acre farm has five separate game trails, and the shoot begins at 7 a.m.

Love, who’s with the Charleston office of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will begin his lecture and slideshow at 1 p.m. Eaton said the lecture will offer insights into the biology of local game. He’ll focus mainly on health issues and population of elk herds and game bird opportunities in the area.

Food will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mountain View is located 3.25 miles east of Lakeside. Signs will be posted giving directions.



 The ocean salmon recreational fishery south of Cape Falcon to the California boarder closed on Thursday. The closure came as the coho quota for the season was reached, said ODFW in a press release last week.

 “We had a quota of 9,000 hatchery coho this year,” said Eric Schindler, supervising biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Strong winds and poor ocean conditions kept many fishermen off the water during the early part of the season, which stretched the season longer than many expected.”

 The season opened June 22.



A new ODFW hunting access map online is designed to help sportsmen find out where to hunt. It’s geared toward people new to hunting or new to the state, but ODFW said last week in a press release even experienced hunters will likely find new places to hunt using the tool.

The map can be viewed at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/map/.

 Bait fish found in Diamond Lake

The discovery of a common bait fish called golden shiners in Diamond Lake has Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists electro-fishing the lake in an attempt to control the introduced species.

ODFW said in press releases this week it believes the shiners were introduced to Diamond Lake due to people using them as live bait, a practice that’s illegal in Diamond Lake.

To date, ODFW has found 224 of the fish, mainly concentrated in the northwest corner of the lake.

The discovery came after ODFW had finally brought the invasive tui chub population under control last year using rotenone treatments. Golden shiners are less prolific than chub, but problmatic nonetheless, said ODFW.

ODFW is asking citizens to report people using live bait in Diamond Lake. Anyone witnessing an angler using live bait fish should get as much information as possible, including a description of the person, boat, vehicle, boat number and license plate and call Oregon State Police at (541) 440-3334.