Passing it on: Youth and Beginner Hunts Bringing a newcomer or youth on to the big game hunting scene is different than doing it alone or with your fellow long time hunting partners. Instead of just getting an animal or trophy being the goal, you are passing on important skills and a heritage. Whether your newcomer is young or old, you are also developing a relationship.
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Oregon Big Game Hunt Raffle Tickets Available 12/29/08
Big game hunt raffle tickets are now on sale. These tickets make great gifts and offer winners the opportunity to hunt an extended 2009 season for deer, elk, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope or Rocky Mountain goat. [Comments?]
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. [6 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]
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Arkansas Youth Deer Hunt Matt Vaughan, age 12 of Camden, Arkansas, killed this 6 point, Nov. 15, 2008, in Ouachita County, Arkansas. He killed it at 200 yds with a 30-30. Matt has been hunting for with his dad for several years. He was hunting by himself when he shot this deer.
