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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 1 day, 15 hours ago

Moses Lake’s Ecthernkamp wins Pro-Am Bass Tourney

OTHELLO — The Bass Angler Magazine’s Vexus Pro-Am Bass Tournament at the Potholes Reservoir was held over the week…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Butchering the rest of the deer: What to do with the last bits of meat

Again, it is time for a disclaimer: Butcher is not my official title or unofficial title. Butchering the animals and birds is an enjoyable task for me. The res…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Butchering the hindquarter

There are two ways we look at our deer meat in my hunt group. We all save what is considered the prime cuts. Mainly these are the backstrap and the tenderloins.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
What to do next with your deer carcass

We now have a deer carcass hanging in a cool place to allow the body heat to dissipate. This may be a shop, garage or walk-in cooler, but make sure the deer is…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
How to butcher deer

The shot was right on the mark. The deer is down. Now what?

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
More survival techniques for the great outdoors

Groups of deer hunters will head into the field this Saturday as the general deer season opens. Today we will continue with survival techniques.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Survival techniques vital when hunting

The general deer season begins this Saturday, Oct. 12. This week we are covering some items to consider as hunting groups head for the field this first weekend.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Safety is the main word

The big day is close. The general deer season will begin on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
How to prepare and cook a wild turkey

Two tagged turkeys were in back of the Ram, now what? My wild turkeys are skinned after a successful hunting trip. This year the procedure was changed a bit.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Dave Vedder downs first turkey

Dave Vedder, a friend and book author, now lives in Wenatchee. He is a seasoned angler, specializing in salmon and steelhead, although he will go after anythin…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Chasing turkey

Hunting wild turkeys has been an annual subject of this column. The fall general turkey season has been the target.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
2019 Okanogan County bear and cougar hunting prospects

This is another in a series of columns containing 2019 hunting prospects. Columbia Basin hunters pursuing black bear and cougar might want to travel north. Today we offer a condensed version of this year’s bear hun…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
2019 Elk hunting prospects

This is another in a series of columns containing 2019 hunting prospects. Today we offer a condensed version of this year’s elk hunting prospects for Grant and Adams counties, also known as District 5 by Fish and W…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Deer prospects continued

Today we backtrack a bit and then continue with the prospects for hunting deer in the Columbia Basin.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
2019 deer hunting prospects in the Columbia Basin

This is the fourth of several columns containing 2019 hunting prospects.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
2019 hunting prospects continued

This is the third of several columns containing 2019 hunting prospects.