Hunters and anglers make up a small fraction of the general population, but it’s their dollars that keep many state fish and wildlife programs afloat. Saturday is National Hunting and Fishing Day, a day created to celebrate the hunters, anglers, and target shooters that combine to provide millions annually to[Read More…]

Landowners can get free wildlife forage seed next Thursday thanks to generous donations from the Rogue Valley, Curry, Josephine, and State-level Chapters of the Oregon Hunters Association, matched with federal funds granted to the Department of Fish and Wildlife through the Pittman-Robertson Act’s Wildlife Restoration Program. Landowners are eligible for[Read More…]

An exceptionally mild and warm 2025-‘26 winter across much of Oregon has provided good overwinter survival for Oregon’s deer and elk herds. Drought-impacted areas got a short reprieve in spring before dry conditions returned in late summer. Recent rains with cooler temperatures offer a temporary fix as fall moves into[Read More…]

Ben Mulligan, chairman of the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, recently produced a joint statement from conservation, hunting and shooting sports leaders aimed at educating the public. In it, he said the future of hunting, trapping and recreational shooting depends on more than participation alone, noting that[Read More…]

Oregon would be among the 10 most-impacted states if a U.S. Forest Service proposal to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to wildfire risk reduction work across large swaths of America’s national[Read More…]

Millions of birds are already taking flight from Canada and winging their way south. The action will heat up in Oregon over the next month or two. Studies have shown that Northern American bird populations have dropped by nearly 30 percent, or about three billion birds, since 1970, and that[Read More…]

Youth hunters age 17 and under who have completed hunter education can take part in free upland game bird hunts next month. In these guided hunts, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and partners release pheasants, giving youth a unique opportunity. Some events include safety presentations, shotgun skills clinics, a[Read More…]

One of the coolest things you can do on the Boone and Crockett Club website is be able to search records for the highest-scoring North American big game by state or province. Spanning some 140 years and 39 species categories, the B&C’s Big Game Records 2.0 takes the world’s oldest[Read More…]

Three strikes, and let’s hope he’s out. Portland-area activist David Michelson’s third attempt to criminalize hunting, fishing and ranching in Oregon has failed to get enough valid signatures to make the November ballot. Election officials determined that more than 38,000 of the 142,000-plus submitted signatures were invalid. That put him[Read More…]