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Glacier lilies were in full bloom when the turkey hunting seasons opened in mid-April. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
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Glacier lilies were in full bloom when the turkey hunting seasons opened in mid-April. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

OUTHUNT

Turkey’s taste buds

Seizing a blooming opportunity on April 21, the young gobbler was interested in eating only one entrée before being bagged in Pend Oreille County on April 21.

Hunter Keith Hansen opened the jake’s craw and found it was full of nothing but glacier lily blossoms.

OUTPADDLE

Sea kayakers gather in Sound

What: Puget Sound Sea Kayak Symposium.

When: May 19-20.

Where: Owen Beach in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park.

Details: Immerse in the sport, surrounded by kayaking manufacturers, instructors, speakers, retailers. Sit in on seminars, sign up for on-water classes, test boats and gear. Enter the Paddle the Point race (deadline Monday).

Info: (253) 471-5340; www.metroparkstacoma.org/ kayaksymposium.

OUTPEDAL

Tour de Wine

Cap a day of bicycling with fine wines and a night at the elegant Marcus Whitman Hotel on the Walla Walla Wine Bike Tour, June 3-4, sponsored by Spokane Parks and Recreation. Cost: $199.

Preregister by Monday, (509) 625-6200; www.spokaneparks.org.

OUTPEDAL

Intro to STP

Nobody should show up July 14-15 unprepared for the BIG ride with 9,000 bicyclists.

Get an official preview of the 200-mile Seattle to Portland Classic in a seminar and slide show with helpful hints and logistics, presented by Will Chin, two-time STP director, Thursday, 7 p.m., at REI.

Info: (509) 328-9900.

OUTMEDIA

Grizzly details

Online, L.A. Times: An August 2005 father-daughter hike in Glacier Park turned into a nightmare when the Californians were charged by a grizzly. The father saved the girl and survived a savage mauling by taking the grizzly over a cliff.

A multimedia feature on the incident, the rescue and the victim’s voice recollections are on the Web.

Check it out: www.latimes.com/bear.

OUTLOOK

Best fishing times

Lunar tables from the U.S. Naval Observatory. Be fishing at least one hour before and one hour after peak times. Applies to all time zones. (* indicates best days.)

Through May 20

Today: 10:10 a.m., 10:35 p.m.

* Monday: 11 a.m., 11:30 p.m.

* Tuesday: 11:55 a.m. —

Wednesday: 12:55 p.m., 1:25 a.m.

Thursday: 1:55 p.m., 2:35 a.m.

Friday: 3 p.m., 3:30 a.m.

Saturday: 4:05 p.m., 4:35 a.m.

Next Sunday: 5 p.m., 5:25 a.m.

See the Hunting-Fishing Report

every Friday in Sports