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WDFW stocks 65,000 jumbo rainbow trout for Black Friday fishing
OLYMPIA — In a bid to encourage outdoor activity this Thanksgiving weekend, the Washington Department of Fish and …
Items to remember from Deer Camp
Last week we spent our time living at The Hut and hunting Deer. Our hunting season is over. Here are some lessons or observations from our time at The Hut.
Deer Camp 2019
Halfway through my trip around the edge of my hunt area put me on top of a hill overlooking the north side of the sagebrush and grass pasture. Movement was spo…
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…
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.
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…
How to butcher deer
The shot was right on the mark. The deer is down. Now what?
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.
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.
Safety is the main word
The big day is close. The general deer season will begin on Saturday, Oct. 12.
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.
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…
Chasing turkey
Hunting wild turkeys has been an annual subject of this column. The fall general turkey season has been the target.
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…
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…
Deer prospects continued
Today we backtrack a bit and then continue with the prospects for hunting deer in the Columbia Basin.