Video: Blacktail bucks duel for dominance
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Two Vancouver Island blacktail bucks put on a show in a Nanaimo, British Columbia, neighborhood a few days ago as they battled for dominance during the rut -- the deer mating season.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Two Vancouver Island blacktail bucks put on a show in a Nanaimo, British Columbia, neighborhood a few days ago as they battled for dominance during the rut -- the deer mating season.
GEOCACHING -- Cache Advance, Inc., is opening the second geocaching retail store in the United States right here in Spokane. The Cache Cave grand opening at 2324 E. Euclid Ave., Suite 204, is set for Saturday, Nov. 9, noon-5 p.m., with a ribbon cutting and…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The federal government said today it is collecting $168,500 to cover fire suppression costs after an Illinois man ignited a 440-acre blaze in central Idaho in 2012 while shooting at an exploding target. According to a story by the Associated Press, the…
HUNTING -- Today's Outdoors column on the topic of hunting and trespassing generated a quick response from reader John Huckabay: One question arises that I have never been able to get a straight answer on. You note that to enter private land in Washington to…
FISHING -- Solid winter trout fisheries are hot items. Check out this report from Mark Morical of the Bend Bulletin about Central Oregon's Crooked River, a trout stream that lures fly fishers from far and wide, especially to the 7-mile stretch below Bowman Dam.
HUNTING -- There's sad news in this comment by Capt. Dan Rahn in the weekly Washington Fish and Wildlife police report for far-eastern Washington following the opening weekend of elk hunting season: Every officer commented on the overall decline in hunter numbers combined with an…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.