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• Idaho continues debate on allowing guided hunting for waterfowl, turkeys

  February 5, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Idaho officials have wrestled for years with proposals that would allow guided hunting for waterfowl and turkeys. In 1988, the interested parties – including the Idaho Department of Fish and …

• 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, …

• Waterfowling’s   big flap: electronic decoys

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and flaps its wings like a duck, conventional wisdom dictates that it is, in fact, a duck. But not always. 3

• Guide makes case for electronic decoys

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 If electronic waterfowl decoys are legal in 47 states, why not Washington? Virtually all waterfowl hunters and managers agree that adding motion to decoys improves their effectiveness in luring ducks …

• Tips for safe canoe hunts

  December 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 The canoe is a time tested, inexpensive and efficient way to hunt waterfowl on certain waters, ranging from the Clark Fork River in Montana and Idaho to the Winchester and … 1

• Ardent hunter has blind ambition to bag ducks, geese

  December 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 On a recent weekday, waterfowl hunter Kent Contreras was bubbling with optimism for his coming weekend hunt along the Pend Oreille River. At least a couple of thousand ducks and …

• Landers: Results of outdoors surveys revealed

  December 8, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 While an aerial survey has just detailed where northern ducks are congregating in the Columbia Basin, wildlife managers in Olympia are using a different type of survey to help guide … 4

• Duck hunt goes foul when teen shot in duck blind

  November 20, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Justin Kevan thanks his buddies, God, cellphones and a whole bunch of medical people for not losing his right arm in a duck hunting accident last season. The Kennewick High …

• Safety on water

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K8 Guns and cold temperatures, water and dogs, boats and darkness – they all contribute to making waterfowling rife with hazards. The biggest safety issue for waterfowl hunters is “way too … 1

• Panhandle waterfowl wonderland for hunters

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K5 While the Panhandle has stood out as Idaho’s hot spot for goose hunting, other waterfowl trends are similarly encouraging, said Jim Hayden, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional wildlife manager. …