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• Idaho to set rules for tag auction

  May 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 LEWISTON – Despite frustration and misgivings, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to give the department staff permission to set up rules for administering a series of new …

• Washington bighorn sheep herds trapped to help others

  January 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 Bighorn sheep herds in north central Washington are getting new bloodlines. Bighorns near Yakima are being trapped this winter and relocated to boost other herds.

• Landers: Some hunters drawing bead on Wash. proposals

  January 12, 2012 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Two hunting- related rule proposals being considered by Washington Fish and Wildlife managers have sportsmen squawking like a flock of ravens swarming a carcass. As The Spokesman-Review reported last week, …

• Field reports: Visiting snowy owls find roads rough

  December 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 MIGRANTS – Snowy owls seem to be showing up in ones and twos all over the northern tier of the United States this winter as they migrate from arctic homes …

• Some male critters feeling light-headed

  February 6, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 It’s the shedding season for the area’s deer, elk and moose. Even the biggest bucks and bulls have been getting rid of their head-gear and looking a lot like the …

• No blues in the Blues for elk hunters

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K10 Blue Mountains elk numbers have increased over the past few years and are doing quite well in most areas, said Pat Fowler, state biologist in Walla Walla. “Calf survival has …

• Whitetails dominate north

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K12 Idaho deer tend to be segregated, with the better mule deer hunting in the south two-thirds of the state while whitetails dominate the deer harvest in their core ranges in …

• Asterisk needed when hunt guides do the work

  February 21, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 Perhaps the day has arrived for the hunting record books to catch up with Major League Baseball. The way trophies are listed needs to be revised. To be fair, the … 1

• Sportmens club Website shows good taste

  November 22, 2009 in Outdoors Tri-Cities hunters tap years of experience in serving all sorts of game meat in style that’s fit for a king.

• Itchy trigger fingers need to take pause

  September 24, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Hunters have a responsibility to positively identify their target before they pull the trigger. That doesn’t just mean knowing the target is an animal and not a human, or that …

• Odds high despite shorter seasons

  September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K7 Deer and elk hunters can’t procrastinate this year in the Idaho Panhandle. Chances of filling a tag are still high, but they have a lot less time to do it.

• Travelers restricted on return

  September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K14 Washington sportsmen who venture out-of-state to hunt big game cannot legally return with certain parts of ungulate species taken in states or provinces where chronic wasting disease has been detected. …

• Big-game harassment by antler gatherers increasing

  April 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Big-game hunting seasons are closed, but overzealous people scavenging for shed antlers may be harassing elk to death, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologists say. Elk weakened by another tough …

• Big Horn Show starts Thursday

  March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 The live bears, hungry trout and leaping retrievers moving into the Spokane Fair and Expo Center this week will be just a fraction of the attractions at the Big Horn …