Oregon’s minimum wolf count at the end of 2023 was 178, but it’s a fluid and moving target. Some wolves been lethally removed since then, but even wildlife biologists admit it’s a minimum estimate, not a count. The 178 number was the same documented in 2022 and doesn’t include 10[Read More…]

The 2024 spring wild turkey hunt is underway, and the Rogue Unit is one of the best in the state for success. About 57 percent of the land in the unit is public, which means a lot of area to roam without needing to seek permission. Some private properties enrolled[Read More…]

An angler from Tillamook caught a potential world record fish April 1 that many anglers may not be familiar with. Rebecca Jones was fishing Barview Jetty near Garibaldi — on the coast about 80 miles west of Portland — when she hooked and landed a 4.8-pound, 28-inch monkeyface prickleback. They’re[Read More…]

Pursuing wild turkeys in Oregon is a spring ritual for thousands of hunters. Toms are out and about, strutting their stuff in hopes of attracting a harem of females to pass on their genetics. There’s still time to get your scouting done prior to the general April 15 opener. Scouting[Read More…]

Biologists wondering where steelhead go after spawning in the Rogue and Chetco rivers are hoping to get answers this spring, thanks to a first-of its-kind research project using satellite tags. Department of Fish and Wildlife staff have been putting “pop-off” tags on 10 adult winter steelhead. The post-spawn fish, known[Read More…]

The Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for a landowner representative to serve on the Access and Habitat Program’s Southwest Region Council, which covers Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties. People with an interest and experience in hunting and wildlife conservation — and forestry, agriculture or ranching —[Read More…]

Youths ages 8 to 17 have an opportunity to learn from experienced mentors in a turkey hunting clinic April 6 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Denman Wildlife Area. Participants will learn how to set decoys and blinds, spring hunting tactics, shotgun safety, field dressing and cooking wild turkey,[Read More…]

Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is slated to get more than $33 million in federal kickbacks in the 2024 fiscal year. The numbers include $23,596,409 in wildlife restoration and hunter education funding, $8,422,335 in sport fish restoration dollars and $1,046,551 in state wildlife grant apportionments. This system has been[Read More…]

Nearly 10,000 people in Oregon and Washington submitted checklists in the Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 16-19. Participants have until March 1 to report what they saw, but the numbers aren’t expected to change much. As of earlier this week, organizers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon and Birds[Read More…]