Elk, And Then Some
What happens when an editor gets a mess of elk hunting photos? He dreams about elk....
Category: Editors Blog
Want Wolves? Take ‘Em, I-5 Corridor: Rancher
Ranchers and others in Okanogan County let their feelings be known on wolves in Washington at the first draft-management-plan meeting held in a county where a pack actually exists....
Another German Wall
As world attention focuses on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, another German wall comes to my mind -- a hunter's in the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber....
A Busy 9 Days In Deer Season
16-hour shifts, 22-hour shifts, 'round-the-clock watches. Exhausted Fish & Wildlife officers curled up on the hard floor back at HQ. 120 citations issued in just 9 days by five guys. Vehicles impounded. Rifles seized. Dead deer taken away. A suspect hauled...
Disassembling A Deer: Final Stage
"I'm having a crow problem," a friend of mine recently emailed me. ...
More Wolves, Not Less, Seattle Says
More wolves. Lots more. WDFW staffers heard that sentiment over and over last night in Seattle during a meeting at REI on the state's draft management plan, a different tone than previous events in Yakima and Aberdeen....
‘I’m Gutting A Moose’
What happens when you call up fishing or hunting guides during the day? You connect with them while they're on the water or in the field. And sometimes you get them while they're fighting a fish, or, well, we'll just let...
Wolf Meeting In Seattle Tonight
The eighth of 12 meetings taking public comment on Washington’s draft wolf management plan will be held tonight in Seattle at REI’s flagship store, 222 Yale Ave. N. Meanwhile, this morning the Peninsula Daily News previews the issue for a meeting...
Gov. Cites Anglers’ Cleanup Efforts
Angler Rosendo Guerrero and others received kudos from Gov. Gregoire for their efforts at cleaning up Puget Sound rivers....
WDFW: S’Klallam Officers ‘Went Beyond Scope Of Their Authority’
Port Gamble S'Klallam officers lacked the authority to arrest three elk hunters earlier this month, a state and county investigation says, and approaching the men with drawn guns was wrong....
Sweet Redemption In A 5×5
"Bell shot a ––– monster up at camp, claims it’s the size of a small horse! I knew I should’ve gone the second weekend instead of the first!”...
Why Wolf Meetings During Rifle Hunts?
When WDFW announced the schedule for public meetings on their draft wolf management plan, there was a bit of howling from hunters....
To Deer Camp And Back In A Saturn, Part III
I've always had this bizarre fantasy of going hunting in something like a late-1960s Lincoln Continental batmobile with fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror and suicide doors in back....