It was early in the third week of a rainy elk season. We always get wet in September, but this year was extremely wet.
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It was early in the third week of a rainy elk season. We always get wet in September, but this year was extremely wet.
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When I was a young man, my father sold real estate, and every now and then, brother and I would get selected to clean up a house that was to be listed.
His camo is in the closet and his bow is on the wall,
When we started dating back in 2014, my wife-to-be had only once fired a gun. During that endeavor, an ex thought it would be hilarious to turn her loose, for her first time ever, with a 12 ga…
Hard winters often play havoc with big game herds, making forage harder to find and causing deer and elk to be more vulnerable to predators as they are forced to struggle through deep snow. Fo…
For every rifleman and hunter, there exists a certain weapon of somewhat enchanting, if not mystical, properties. This is the one they would grab if the house was on fire and let the rest go t…
Chelsea McDaniel thinks the unicorn bull that came running right at her last year might have been a sign from heaven. She had hunted elk for 18 years without success, and now a big bull was ru…
Make them simpler. That’s the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s aim for big game regulations for the 2019 hunting season.
A hunter education class begins July 17 in John Day.
All who submitted applications for the Morrow/Grant County OHV Park Special Youth Spike Only 2nd Season Elk Hunt were successful this year.
Mentored by their mom and dad, three siblings — Cinch, Raney and Monel Anderson — enjoy rifle hunting as a family.
Around September 2002, I went up near Vinegar Hill with my good friend and hunting partner, the late Dave Kline.
There’s just something about the opening couple days of the Oregon bow elk hunting season, especially in the big meadow areas like the big cattle ranches like the great Holliday Ranch, JC’s, S…
The sun was setting low over the canyon wall, the light filtering through the trees in a golden glow of shadows and light of the day’s end. September 2006, it was the end, the time for change,…
Jackson DeRosier’s bullets have killed everything from grizzlies to a zebra.
She was going through some papers, when something caught her eye.
Winter weather conditions always plays a significant role in how big game numbers, and therefore hunting opportunities, shake out for the following hunting season that includes both how many a…
Local retailers are seeing increased sales of ammunition, attractants and other items for hunting season.
Nels Hadden may not be able to move his arms or legs, but he can still take down a deer with a crossbow.
Hunting — the way of life in the West that connects so many of us to our families and ancestors is also one of the truest expressions of human nature in a historic sense.
Big game populations are ready for hunting season in Grant County.
Brad Armstrong ventured out into the Juniper Unit, south of Burns and north of the Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuge, the morning of Aug. 18 with his .338 Lapua and a long-awaited antelope tag.
The Bear Creek Rifle Range plans to offer archers a place to hone their skills.
In 30 years of processing meat in a remote town, meat gets processed for human consumption.
Jonna Bishop describes her shop as “the humane society for mounts,” because her storefront is nearly overflowing with trophies that have been handed down or discarded.
Kenny Mills fondly remembers the good old days as he stares around his storefront full of elk, deer and mountain lion mounts. The owner of Mills Building Supply Co. for 32 years, Mills still h…
For Kimberly resident Jerry Russell, hunting is a way of life.
Rod Carpenter of John Day claimed a trophy-sized buffalo, and a freezer, or two, full of meat Nov. 14 last year on a once-in-a-lifetime hunt.
The public can weigh in as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reviews management objectives (MOs) for mule deer and elk populations on 67 wildlife management units.
A Pendleton hunter was attacked by a black bear Sunday evening in the Starkey Unit near La Grande.
SALEM — Starting this fall, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering new “Premium Hunt” tags for deer, elk and pronghorn for only $8 per application. Hunters who draw the tags ge…
SALEM – The 115 hunters who drew a bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain goat tag are invited to an orientation on July 18 at 9 a.m. in The Dalles. The orientation is required for all 2015 Rocky Mou…
JOHN DAY – A series of hunter education classes will start July 6 at the Old West Federal Credit Union conference room in John Day.
SALEM – Hunters can check to see if they drew a big game tag for the fall by visiting the My Hunter Information website or calling 1-866-947-6339.
Hunter Kemper, 10, of Burns, shows off the turkey he bagged on a mentored youth hunt on April 11, opening day for youth hunters. His hunt was courtesy of Grant County resident Sam Palmer, who …
SALEM – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has picked interim director Curt Melcher to continue at the helm of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
JOHN DAY – A hunter education class will begin next Monday at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School in the library.
JOHN DAY – It was the first day of 2014 deer season – a good day for Judith Wheeler of Prairie City to shoot her first buck in 40 years.
MEDFORD – An increase in the statewide cougar will be included in the 2015 Oregon Big Game Regulations, adopted last week by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission.
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JOHN DAY – A new series of hunter education classes begins Monday, July 7, at Old West Federal Credit Union.
SALEM Any hunters who purchased 2013 big game or turkey tags need to report their hunt results by the deadline Jan. 31, 2014, for most tags.
LONG CREEK Joe Wallace, retired Long Creek School math teacher, taught a hunters safety class in September to eight Long Creek School students: third-graders Michael Martin and Nolan Garing…
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a notice on their website that while the government shutdown is not affecting hunting on national forests and BLM land, the developed camp…