Staying Alive While Hunting the Wide Open West I grew up hunting in the Midwest where a half-hour hike from the road was considered remote and wilderness was any 500-acre section with a single farm house. Getting lost was never a concern, even in an era before cell phones and GPS units. When I was 29 I moved my family to the West. Big game hunting suddenly became a much more serious pursuit, not because I became a more avid hunter, but because I realized that a mistake in the Rocky Mountains or the Western deserts could prove fatal.
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Young Cougar Killed in Oregon for Aggressive Behavior 11/14/08
A cougar considered a public safety threat because it was killing domestic cats in a rural residential area was shot at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night (Nov. 9) by an ODFW employee just outside of La Grande. [4 Comments]
2009 Nature Conservancy Bull Elk Hunt 11/03/08
The Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation in Enterprise, Oregon, has been awarded an exclusive Guided Hunt by the Nature Conservancy for the 2009 Chesnimnus Unit Bull Elk Hunt. The dates for the hunt are November 7, 8, 9, 2009. [5 Comments]
Oregon 2009 Season Dates Approved by Commission 10/27/08
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted 2009 Big Game Regulations spelling out next year's season dates, bag limits, open areas, youth hunting opportunities and other regulations for big game (deer, elk, bear, cougar, bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat) and western gray squirrel). [Comments?]
Oregon Opens 14,000 Acres to Public Hunting Access 08/20/08
Two Harney County landowners have been awarded a total of $37,583 in grant funds from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Access and Habitat program to open their properties to public hunting access from Aug. 1, 2008 to March 1, 2009. [Comments?]
Oregon Places GPS Collars on 2 Elkhorn Mtn. Goats 08/06/08
State and federal wildlife biologists collared and released 14 Rocky Mountain goats in the Elkhorn Mountains last week and relocated another five goats to the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness in the Umatilla National Forest. [1 Comment]
Oregon DFW To Hold Meeting on Big Game Seasons 04/18/08
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of public meetings around the state to accept public comment on proposals for big game hunting seasons. [Comments?]
Wolf Delisting by End of Week? 03/26/08
Barring legal challenges, the federal rule removing wolves in Idaho and the rest of the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species becomes final Friday, March 28. [2 Comments]
Federal Shooting Range Grant Applications Due April 15th 03/26/08
A classroom with an 8-lane indoor range and ADA restroom in Clatskanie, an improved skeet range in Eugene and a covered pistol range in Phoenix are examples of some projects completed with the help of federal shooting range grants. [Comments?]
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The Old Man and the Hound Jack drove his old jeep down the dirt road carefully. Since no one lived along this road anymore but old Tom, the highway department seldom serviced it. He guessed it didn't really matter much as old Tom didn't drive much anymore. Perhaps once a month when his retirement check came in. Then he would come into town driving that old rickety truck and cash his check, buy some groceries and collect his mail.
