Recreation
Over the Blues: An old goat takes on a new challenge
Preparing for a Wednesday hike up the west end of Ninemile Ridge Trail, I look in the mirror…
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: Do you need a chronograph?
Do you need a chronograph? If you are still using the box of bullets you bought five years…
Recreation
Base Camp: Basic tips to get started as a backpacker
You live in Oregon. If you never have gone backpacking you’ve gotta try it. A lot of people…
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: Tuna fishing
The excitement was running high as we boarded the boat in the predawn darkness. It was tempered somewhat…
Recreation
Out and About: Coyote chorus in the night, foxes and other urban wildlife encounters
I awoke in the dark to the maniacal yips of distant coyotes. In that moment, as I lay…
Recreation
Hunters urged to have deer, elk tested for chronic wasting disease
SALEM — Hunters who bag a deer or elk this year have a chance to win a rifle…
Recreation
On the Trail: Memories linger 14 years after youth hunts
The most ambitious two-day hunt I ever organized was for blacktail deer with a bunch of young people.…
Recreation
Shooting the Breeze: Colt vs. High Standard
Ernest Hemingway used to entertain party guests by shooting the end of a lit cigarette out of their…
Recreation
The Natural World: Beware the buzz — when summer stings
I have slipped on algae-glazed rocks and taken headers on midstream boulders, sidestepped rattlesnakes basking in the trail…
Recreation
Outdoors Briefs
Rail Ridge Fire prompts land closures near Dayville DAYVILLE — The Rail Ridge Fire in Grant County has…
