Harry Coultas' Four Point!

Tom Crowe's Black Bear Photos!

4' Long. About 150lbs.

Camp Five Clean Up

Special thanks to OHA members and non-members that assisted in the clean up of Camp Five.  We were pleasantly surprised to find Camp Five had recently been cleaned up, with the exception a few SOLV bags of garbage that we collected with shotgun shells and remains of targets.  We as a group moved to two other sites that have been neglected, and it was time well spent.  We all finished our cleanup with a real sense of accomplishment, and a realization that as we come back next year for the cleanup, that we'll once again be just as disappointed as we were this year with the lack of respect and responsiblity that people have toward the outdoors.

We enjoyed a BBQ of hamburgers and gormet hotdogs, along with homemade beans (to hot for Bill).  Thanks to OHA members Steve Hall, Tom Brewer, Tracy Smith, Ron Lackey, Bill Freeman, Richard Duyck and Mel Csergei.  We were able to enlist help from non-members as well,  David and Kathy Csergei, and Melinda Csergei.  With a membership of close to 1000, we had a representation of less than 1%, I will take partial responsibiltiy since I had not given appropriate time to planning and it was short notice, at the same time, I would like to put out a challenge that next year, since we already have the date of September 15th, 2012 scheduled, that we strive to get at least 2% of our membership to assist in cleanup.  We all felt that the 5 hours of our day was well spent in doing what we could to help keep our forests open for all to enjoy.

Mel Csegei

Youth Hunt Success!

Pierce Edgerly, 16 years old, shot this elk during his youth hunt this month.  Notice he is wearing the orange OHA cap - nice touch!

Member Update

We have several new members:

Devon Dobek, Bobby Dean Fowler Jr and Travis Miller.  Welcome, looking forward to meeting each of you.

We have a quite a few members that are missing in action. We hope they consider renewing their memberships. Jim Delmore, Jamie Ericson, Nestor Flores, Ed Lipp, Gary Lopez & Family, Phillip Ricker, Kevin Schmeltzer & Family, Don South, Lee Sprague, Ashe Swem, Cliff Waibel and Charles Williams.

Oregon First Community Credit Union Supports Portland Chapter

White River Project

Well just back from our White River Project held on the 11th and 12th of June. Hoodview Chapter along with ODFW planed the event. Forty one people and kids showed up to remove downed trees and limbs to be piled and later burned. This is to reduce fuel for a possible wild fire. We also rebuilt two deer feeders.

Thank you to all who participated.

Timber Project Photos

Photos from the Timber project in May with Larry Dorland and Wayne Brown(ODF).

OHA funds projects to benefit wildlife, hunters

OHA grants $12,000 for coyote control in eastern Oregon

The federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Wildlife Services has been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Oregon Hunters Association to fund additional flight hours for its aerial coyote control program in eastern Oregon from October 2010 to July 2011.  

  

The coyote control program will be conducted on private and public lands to protect livestock from predation, including lands where coyote predation has been identified as a limiting factor for big game species, especially mule deer, whose numbers have been declining throughout the West in recent years.

"This federally approved program is not aimed specifically at reducing predation on big game, but OHA contributes funds for additional flight time because we recognize the benefit it provides for wildlife," said Oregon Hunters Association State Coordinator Duane Dungannon.

Flight time funded by OHA will primarily occur during the spring calving season when incidental benefits to wildlife from coyote control efforts to protect livestock are the greatest.

Predation by coyotes can be a particularly important factor for mule deer mortality, especially in the spring before fawns grow large and strong enough to outrun them.

For example, predation on unprotected mule deer fawns can approach 90 percent. Mule deer fawn survival rates can be increased when coyote populations are reduced in fawning habitat.  Pronghorn can benefit as well.

Research has shown that coyote predation management programs can increase pronghorn survival by as much as 100 percent.

The Oregon Hunters Association state and local chapters have contributed about $100,000 to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Wildlife Services for additional flight time over the past several years.  

Jim Yuskavitch

OHA Portland Chapter announces new website!

The Portland Chapter's OHA is proud to announce their new website. Check it out at www.PortlandOHA.com.

http://www.PortlandOHA.com