California condor survey field notes, v1476
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California Condor Ethan McMillan 16 June 1963 Tyson Ranch About 300 Buck deer are legally shot on the Tejon ranch each year- Ranch Patrolman investigate any excessive shooting that goes on on the Ranch- All hunters must spend the night off the ranch property- Both Dan Garvin and Walter Frejuth feel that large birds are relatively safe from being shot on Tejon Property- The Northeast Portion of the Tejon Ranch is leased to Mr. [illegible] - a Sheepman, who has sheep there now. Mr. Frejuth said that up until two years ago he had been manager of most operations on Tejon Ranch, but at that time- the ranch operation was changed radically- College educated personnel with degrees in different phases of Ranch operation were brought in and each new specialist had his own section and operation to look after. Mr. Frejuth feel this move has not proven successful on Tejon Ranch, stating many instances to us of lack of experience by the new personnel on a large operation causing problems. Mr. Frejuth thought sections of Tejon Ranch would be subdivided and sold in lots for development before long. We drove past the old Headquarters of Tejon Ranch on our way up into the mountains, All Phases of the operation did seem in a state of decline. The buildings and fences about the Old Headquarters were a state of disrepair. We proceeded up one of the many roads that lead into the mountains on Tejon Ranch, after getting to top of main Mt. Chain we shifted the head of Tennis Canyon- and lunched on a promontory overlooking both Antelope Valley- Los Angeles basin- and Lower San Joaquin Valley as well as a good view of Cummings and Bear mountains, This Point was on the main ridge between the headquarters of