Previous Fishing & Hunting Reports

• Viewing Outlook: Jan. 28, 2010 - 1/28/2010

  JACKSON - Ten Tundra swans were spotted last week in irrigation ponds in the Sams Valley area. The Denman Wildlife Area remains a good location to see a variety of bird species.

• Viewing Outlook: Jan. 21, 2010 - 1/21/2010

  JACKSON - Ten Tundra swans were spotted this week in irrigation ponds in the Sams Valley area. The Denman Wildlife Area remains a good place to see a variety of bird species.

• Wildlife Viewing: Jan. 14, 2010 - 1/14/2010

  JACKSON - The Denman Wildlife Area remains a good location to see a variety of bird species. The area's ponds are filling or have filled.

• Viewing Outlook: Jan. 7, 2010 - 1/7/2010

  JACKSON - The Denman Wildlife Area remains a good location to see a variety of bird species. The area's ponds are filling or have filled.

• Hunting Outlook: Dec. 24, 2009 - 12/24/2009

  JACKSON - Youth controlled elk hunts are in full swing in the Rogue, Applegate, Evans Creek and Chetco units, and they run through Jan. 3, 2010.

• Hunting Outlook: Dec. 17, 2009 - 12/17/2009

  JACKSON - All general elk seasons are closed, but a few controlled hunts — largely on damage-causing elk in lower elevations — are open. Success should be good.

• River Outlook: Dec. 10, 2009 - 12/10/2009

  ROGUE - The upper Rogue remains barely fair for summer steelhead for both fly- and bait-fishing, while the middle Rogue is so low and cold that steelhead will chatter their teeth more than bite a...

• Hunting Outlook: Dec. 10, 2009 - 12/10/2009

  JACKSON - All general elk seasons are closed but a few controlled hunts, largely on damage-causing elk in lower elevations, are open now. Success should be good.

• Hunting Outlook: Nov. 26, 2009 - 11/26/2009

  JACKSON - Late-season bow hunters should focus on lower elevation areas, especially around oak grasslands. Tree stands and antler-rattling are good bets now, especially on game trails.

• Hunting Outlook: Nov. 19, 2009 - 11/19/2009

  JACKSON - Late-season bow hunters should focus on lower elevation areas, especially around oak grasslands. Tree stands and antler-rattling are good bets now, especially when set up on game trails.

• Hunting Outlook: Nov. 12, 2009 - 11/12/2009

  JACKSON - Late-season bow hunting opens Saturday. Hunters should focus on lower elevations, especially around oak grasslands.

• Hunting Outlook: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  JACKSON - The general rifle season for bucks closes Friday evening for adults but remains open through Sunday evening for juveniles who have tags but have not filled them.

• Hunting Outlook: Oct. 29, 2009 - 10/29/2009

  JACKSON - The general rifle season for blacktail bucks remains open through Nov. 6 and late-season success should be very good.

• Hunting Outlook: Oct. 15, 2009 - 10/15/2009

  JACKSON - Duck and goose hunting opens Saturday throughout Western Oregon, and rainy weather should improve opening weekend conditions.

• Hunting Outlook: Oct. 8, 2009 - 10/8/2009

  JACKSON/JOSEPHINE - The opening week of rifle season for blacktail bucks has been very good throughout the region, especially for those who have hunted at high elevations and taken advantage of snow...

• Hunting Outlook: Oct. 1, 2009 - 10/1/2009

  JACKSON/JOSEPHINE - Rifle season for blacktail bucks opens Saturday, and early-season hunters should focus on high-elevation forest land.

• Fall hunting forecast — 2009 - 9/24/2009

  DOUGLAS COUNTY

• Hunting Outlook: Sept. 17, 2009 - 9/17/2009

  JACKSON/JOSEPHINE - Archers are faring better now for elk and deer, with most successes for elk coming at higher elevations and near water sources.

• Viewing Outlook - 8/27/2009

  JACKSON - Bats can be seen foraging for insects from dusk to well after dark. Look off toward the lighted horizon to see their erratic and uneven flight.

• Hunting Outlook - 8/20/2009

  JACKSON - Bear season opened Aug. 1 and hunters have found good early success, thanks largely to a good bear population here. In hot weather, bears are favoring cooler and wetter drainages.

• Viewing Outlook - 8/20/2009

  JACKSON - The many trails within the Denman Wildlife Area offer good opportunities to see the various bird species that dwell among the buck brush and berry patches there.