Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Landers: Turkeys can’t take full blame for grouse decline

  October 20, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Grouse hunters peg the blame on non-native wild turkeys. While turkeys have boomed in recent decades, native forest grouse have declined. That’s proof enough for some hunters. 1

• Landers: Pheasant hunters must adjust to steel shot

  October 6, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 This year’s ban on using lead shot at Eastern Washington pheasant-release sites has snapped a few upland-bird hunters to attention. Waterfowl hunters have been required to use nontoxic shot for …

• Idaho partridge, quail seasons open later

  September 15, 2011 in Sports on Page K9 The birds of the year will be larger and the hunting dogs will have less chance of heat stroke and rattlesnake encounters when Idaho’s partridge and quail seasons open this …

• Nontoxic shot areas expanded

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K8 Starting this season, hunters are required to use nontoxic shot in their ammunition while hunting any type of birds at 29 pheasant release sites in Eastern Washington. The nontoxic shot …

• Idaho chukar surveys over

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K8 The last good barometer Snake River region hunters have had on the hatching success of upland birds has ended. Idaho Fish and Game biologists will no longer conduct aerial chukar …

• Landers: Last blast favors chukars

  January 20, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The wind was blowing hard enough up the Snake River canyon on Monday morning to rock the pickup after I shut down the engine. The light drizzle splattered the windshield … 2

• Landers: Last blast favors chukars

  January 19, 2011 in Sports The wind was blowing hard enough up the Snake River canyon on Monday morning to rock the pickup after I shut down the engine. The light drizzle splattered the windshield …

• Washington provides only opportunity for grouse slam

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K6 Washington is a rare bird for wingshooters looking to bag a “slam.” Forest grouse hunters recognize Washington as the only state that offers a four-bird slam, which was born in …

• OK to grouse about grouse

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K6 Although they have virtually no money for formal surveys, Washington biologists speculate that forest grouse populations have been lower than average in the past few years. The harvest of ruffed, …

• Paddling option

  November 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Our hopes were quickly confirmed as we beached our canoes on an island soon after launching on the Missouri River near Fort Benton. We’d removed our lifejackets, readied the dogs …

• Seasons open for small game in two states

  August 30, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Hunting seasons for some of the smallest and most difficult targets will open Tuesday in the Inland Northwest. Mourning doves and forest grouse will become fair game in Idaho and …