Outdoor Journal

Recent Outdoor Journal Stories

• Chetco closure makes Oregon anglers antsy - 11/12/2009

  Continued low-water conditions on Southern Oregon's Chetco River likely will mean that an emergency closure will remain in effect through the weekend...

• Weather should help elk hunters this weekend - 10/15/2009

  PROSPECT — The weatherman is bringing good news, but not great news, for Saturday's start of the general bull-elk season.

• Weather should help deer hunters - 10/1/2009

  LAKE CREEK — The blacktail-rich hills around this central Jackson County outpost are normally so crackling dry for the opening of the buck-deer...

• Blind fisher strikes out, but quest isn't over - 9/17/2009

  GRANTS PASS — Derrick Stevenson has learned much about how to catch chinook salmon this past month during his quest to capture one of the Rogue...

• Deaths of four dogs may have been from Umpqua basin algae outbreak - 9/10/2009

  Health authorities expect to learn this week whether two of four dogs that died recently after swimming in algae-laced water in the Umpqua River...

• 'Climate year' would dictate fingerling stocking - 9/3/2009

  Diamond Lake will continue to be stocked with up to 400,000 fingerling trout in late spring or early summer under a new plan for long-term management...

• Archers and shotgunners to get a hot start to their seasons - 8/27/2009

  Archers and shotgunners are shaking off forecasts of hot weather as they prep for the long-awaited openings of their seasons, which usher in the...

• The old cotton-ball trick saves osprey - 8/20/2009

  MERLIN — Ten cotton balls and some smooth handiwork by wildlife rehabilitators sent a young osprey to freedom Wednesday.

  
• Duck, duck, goose: plenty of opportunities - 8/13/2009

  Thirteen turned into a lucky number for Oregon waterfowl hunters, who are seeing their record run at long duck seasons continue at least one more...

• Saturday program is aimed at wilderness women - 8/6/2009

  Kristy Titus is not your average 20-something Oregonian, but she's on a one-woman mission to spread her wealth of experiences in Oregon's...

• Deer poaching orphans fawns - 7/23/2009

  WHITE CITY — Wildlife investigators are looking for a poacher whose Friday killing of a black-tailed doe near Agate Lake is destined to tug...

• Fishing/hunting license-fee hikes pay for new programs - 7/16/2009

  Legislation that raises fishing and hunting license fees for 2010 includes a new and discounted youth "Sports Pack" license, a new nonresident...

• From 'Rag' to riches? Angling inventor hopes so - 7/9/2009

  The combination of a new fishing reel, the dust of a Howard Prairie Lake campground and a penchant for cleanliness put a Medford man on the cusp of...

  
• Weighty catch nets derby winner $1,000 - 7/2/2009

  Dan Runyon picked the right day to hook the biggest rainbow trout he's ever scratched at Diamond Lake.

• Police will be on the water in force this weekend looking for drunken boaters - 6/25/2009

  Drunken boaters across the country may find themselves finishing the weekend in a jail cell this week under a nationwide push to enforce...

• Diamond Lake shiner origins still a mystery - 6/11/2009

  Initial tests reveal that golden shiners discovered last summer in Diamond Lake don't match those of three other known sources, muddying a police...

• Rogue, Coos only rivers with two-fish daily limit - 6/11/2009

  The Rogue River again will be one of only two Western Oregon rivers where anglers can keep up to two wild fall chinook salmon per day.

• Free Fishing Weekend geared toward all ages - 6/4/2009

  City slickers of any age have the easiest and least expensive opportunity possible this weekend test-drive fishing — with plenty of equipment...

• Hunting raffles raise $569,000 for programs - 5/28/2009

  Michigander Bradley Eldred got a taste of Western Oregon hunting last season when he stalked black bears with Coos County guide John McCollum, who...