At 11:29 AM 1/9/97 -0800, you wrote:
>They did fine at twenty below in northern Illinois where I grew up and
>used to hunt them years ago.
>
Could it be the ODF&W biologist was full of beans (grin)? Seems so if they
survive in Illinois and Eastern Washington, stands to reason they'd do fine
in Oregon as well. Hummmm.

Peggi
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