Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Meat tenderizer and jerky slicer practical tools
A knife and a meat saw is all it takes to butcher wild game. This is true and, in fact, the way my butchering career began. Now, there should be no misunderstanding, when the words “My butchering career” are used. …
How to caramelize onions
OK, so an old hunter can learn new tricks. Onions are a favorite food of mine, sweet onions, especially. Caramelizing onions is a new-learned skill. Don’t know why it took so long to discover this interesting and v…
Visit to wind farm educational
E-mail from Cheryl
Youth hunting weekend is here
Youth, hunters under 16 years of age and accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old, are in the spotlight this weekend. There are several hunts available to them, including: duck, goose, coot, Sept. 17 and 18; p…
Fresh News from MarDon
Potholes Reservoir has been producing some very large yellow perch at the mouth of Frenchman’s Wasteway in fifteen feet of water where Crab Creek enters Pothol…
2016 Grant County hunting prospects continued
Fish and Wildlife biologists put forth their best predictions or prospects for the upcoming hunting season.
Fresh News From MarDon
As the water temperature cools on Potholes the fishing is slowly improving for walleye and perch. Surface temperatures are in the mid-60s now, which is down 10…
Limits suspended on Park and Blue lakes
Blue and Park lakes in the Sun Lakes State Park area will be going through a rehabilitation procedure using rotenone. Therefore, Fish and Wildlife is allowing the public to harvest as many fish as possible.
Nat Washington discusses homesteading
Grant County history E-mail from Cheryl
Dave Graybill: Fishin' Magician
I took a hike up the White River to get some photos of the sockeye salmon, and it reminded me that there is an event coming up soon. It is the best free festival in Washington State.
2016 Grant County hunting prospects
This is a multi-part series about the 2016 Washington hunting prospects.
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician
The WDFW has officially announced that sockeye fishing will close on Lake Wenatchee. Although most anglers have stopped fishing up here, I believe the department wanted to give anglers the opportunity to fish over …
Fresh News From MarDon
This weekend we celebrate Labor Day, which is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. This is a yearly tribute to the contributi…
Hunting season is open for some
Hunters are celebrating with the opening of some hunting seasons. The booming of shotguns will be heard around the Columbia Basin with the opening of dove season. Also opening yesterday were the grouse and archery …
Hazing operation successful
A month-long effort to scare deer from a series of alfalfa fields has been deemed a success. The basics of this endeavor were covered a month ago in this column.