Out & About

OUTSEE

Hunt safety stats

580,000

Hunters have worn hunter orange during New York state’s regular firearms seasons for deer and bear from 1992-2001.

120,000

Hunters did NOT wear hunter orange during those seasons.

18

Of the 120,000 hunters who did NOT wear hunter orange were killed when mistaken for game.

0

Of the 580,000 hunters who wore hunter orange were mistaken for game and killed.

OUTSPEAK

TransAlaska hiker shares stories

What: “Alaska Walkabout,” free multimedia program about trekking across The Last Frontier state.

Who: By Marty Zajanc of Polson, Mont.

When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Where: Spokane Community College Lair-Student Center auditorium.

Details: Zajanc, 54, has seen 33 grizzly bears in one day, a white wolf and sunsets that last hours in his 3,000-mile journey completed in annual month-long trips from 1996-2006. He started with little more than basic fishing gear, inflatable raft, rifle, camera, compass, tent, sleeping bag, pot, bowl, journal and a map of Alaska torn out of an atlas.

OUTFLOW

Time to paddle on Priest River

Avista will begin the annual drawdown of Priest Lake on Oct. 15, marking the unofficial beginning of the paddling season on the Priest River.

The river – generally too low for canoes during the summer season – takes on new life as flows are increased through Priest Lake Dam as Priest Lake is lowered 3 feet to its winter level by early November.

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 Oct. 14

Today

10:30 a.m., 10:50 p.m.

* Monday

11:10 a.m., 11:30 p.m.

* Tuesday

11:50 a.m., 12:10 a.m.

* Wednesday

12:30 p.m., 12:50 a.m.

Thursday

1:10 p.m., 1:30 a.m.

Friday

1:50 p.m., 2:15 a.m.

Saturday

2:35 p.m., 3 a.m.

Next Sunday

3:25 p.m., 3:40 a.m.

See the Hunting-Fishing Report

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