Ralph Schoof remembers stopping his bicycle on his commute to work back in the 1940's and counting 143 pheasants in one field, but now the 82 year-old says he hasn't seen a pheasant in several years out in the dwindling fields near Carlton.

"Things have changed. But I don't want to sound like a whiner," the retired business owner and avid outdoorsman says. He owns 170 acres of farm and forestland in the Carlton area. He's also made a claim under Measure 37 to build a couple of houses.

Ralph cares about his corner of Oregon — he’s lived here since 1939. Years ago he turned some of his property into wetlands and developed a small hunting club there where many of the state's top business executives and timber men came to hunt ducks and relax. That club is no longer used, but it fit the rural character of the area.

The development allowed by Measure 37 upsets Ralph. "As it is, these big developers want to develop our best farmland," he says. "They will end up engulfing more of our good farm land. We need a little bit of a damper on this development."

Founder of the Mule Skinner's Club and a Navy veteran, he thinks that Measure 37 is not all bad — it’s the flaws of Measure 37 that need to be addressed. Ralph always has believed that compromise works in most situations and that Measure 49 is a good middle ground for development in Oregon. "I think if both sides give 50 percent, then you'll really get somewhere. If everyone gives a little bit, everyone wins."