Hunting
Hunter recalls mauling by Kodiak brown bear
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- One minute, Rodd Moretz was high-fiving his 13-year-old son, Caleb, after shooting the biggest brown bear of his life.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
New Forest Service official focused on stewardship
EVERETT -- For the first time in its 100-year history, the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is under the leadership of a woman.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Spain's king injured on African hunting safari
MADRID -- Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana, officials said Saturday. It was the monarch's fourth surgery in almost two years.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
A sight for sportsmen
Cabela's impresses, but will it get involved in the local scene?
Date: 04/12/2012 | Sports
Wayne Kruse: Good weather blessed salmon derby
Tight lines from last weekend's big Anacortes Salmon Derby:
Date: 04/05/2012 | Sports
Granite Falls Spring Turkey Shoot is Sunday
GRANITE FALLS -- There should be plenty of frozen turkeys and hams to give to sharp shooters at the Granite Falls Sportsmen's Club Spring Turkey Shoot.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Local News
40 bighorn sheep from Canada are released in Nebraska
HINTON, Alberta -- Forty bighorn sheep are settling into their new home in Nebraska, about two weeks after they were captured in the Canadian Rockies and moved 1,300 miles to the United States.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Nation & World
Venison anyone?
Everett church's annual feast is centered around wild game
Date: 02/18/2012 | Local News
Expo will return to fairgrounds
MONROE -- Snohomish County plans to bring back its spring recreation expo in April for a third straight year.The 2012 event has a new name and an extra day of carnival rides. Admission and parking are free.
Date: 01/24/2012 | Local News
Washington Sportsmen's Show
The Washington Sportsmen's Show opens its five-day run on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Puyallup fairgrounds.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Hunting and fishing
Popular Sportsmen's Show opens Wednesday
The Washington Sportsmen's Show rolls into the Puyallup fairgrounds on Wednesday for a five-day run featuring Dock Dogs, more than 150 hours of free how-to seminars, the Kid's Free Trout Pond, camp cooking demonstrations, the Indoor Steelhead River and much more.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Sports
Outdoor Calendar
• The Sno-King Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) meets at 7 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Sammamish Valley Grange in Woodinville (14654 148th Ave. NE). The guest speaker is John Anderson, executive director of Sound Salmon Solutions. He will be discussing resource and habitat...
Date: 01/19/2012 | Sports
Ducks Unlimited tells its story in new book
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Ducks Unlimited marks its 75th anniversary this year, and the conservation group is commemorating the milestone with the release of "The Ducks Unlimited Story."
Date: 01/15/2012 | Sports
Basin steelheading closes
Steelhead fisheries on the upper Columbia River and its tributaries -- the Wenatchee, Icicle, Entiat and Methow -- closed Monday, leaving just the Okanogan and Similkameen open.
Date: 01/03/2012 | Hunting and fishing
OUTDOOR OUTLOOK: Weather changes welcomed by outdoorsmen
With a fair number of folks on holiday this week, the significant change in the weather pattern -- from cold and dry to wet, windy and unusually warm -- couldn't have come at a better time.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Sports
Rufus Lake Triploids
Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad’s Family Guide Service in Chelan said jig fishing near the lower net pens on Rufus Woods Reservoir continues to be productive for fat, multi-pound triploid rainbow trout.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Hunting and fishing
Steelhead checks
Checks made before the current series of storm fronts moved in reflected river conditions that were too low and too clear:• Cowlitz late last week, 47 boat fishermen had 11 winter steelhead, and 32 bank fishermen had 7.
Date: 12/28/2011 | Hunting and fishing
Northern fowl have have flown into the Columbia Basin
The northerns are here, according to Mikal Moore, state waterfowl biologist in the Columbia Basin.Moore compiled data Wednesday from the season's first aerial waterfowl surveys over the Basin's waterfowl magnet areas on Monday and Tuesday.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Sports
Blackmouth derby fails to match last year's results
If one derby can be considered an indicator of future fishing success, then blackmouth action in the San Juan Islands this winter may not be up to last year's standards. The two-day Resurrection Derby out of Friday Harbor last weekend drew much of the best sport salmon fishing talent in Western...
Date: 12/08/2011 | Sports
Wayne Kruse's Pick of the Week: Resurrection Salmon Derby
Tickets were moving well this week for the second running of the Resurrection Derby, Friday and Saturday, out of Friday Harbor and sponsored by the San Juan Islands Chapter, Puget Sound Anglers. This is a team event, up to four anglers per boat, with a limit of 100 boats and an entry fee of $400...
Date: 12/01/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Outlook: Waterfowlers enjoyed productive weekend
The combination of a La Nina weather pattern, a long holiday weekend and good numbers of ducks and geese in the area produced top hunting for waterfowlers last week, according to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife game managers.
Date: 12/01/2011 | Sports
A view long blocked
Larsen tours Suiattle River Road, which may reopen in 2013
Date: 11/26/2011 | Local News
Wayne Kruse's Pick of the Week: Razor Clams
Weather and surf conditions might be iffy, but a combination of great minus tides and a holiday weekend offer a top opportunity for limits of razor clams on the coastal beaches Friday and Saturday. Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks will all be open to digging Friday evening (low is a...
Date: 11/24/2011 | Sports
Advocates work to keep swans safe
Majestic is often the word associated with eagles, but for sheer beauty and grace, I'll take trumpeter swans.
Date: 11/19/2011 | Life
Outdoor Outlook: Chum salmon showing up right on schedule
Big, nasty, snaggle-toothed chum salmon take over the fishing spotlight about this time each year, between coho and winter steelhead, and the numbers show the "dogs" are right on time. State Fish and Wildlife Department checks at the Hoodsport Hatchery on Hood Canal one day last week counted -- be...
Date: 11/17/2011 | Sports
Wayne Kruse's Outdoor Outlook: Salmon Derby produces intriguing story lines
Several different story lines made last weekend's Everett Bayside Marine Salmon Derby a particularly interesting one.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Outlook: It'll be hard to top last year's derby winner
The odds are pretty good that the $2,000 first-place salmon in this weekend's Everett Bayside Marine Derby will not match last year's 22-plus-pound hatchery chinook. That hog -- taken off Camano Island's Onomac Point by the famous Bill "Hot Plug" Hayes -- was the largest in the derby's history and...
Date: 11/03/2011 | Sports
Outdoors Pick of The Week: Winter crabbing
The recreational winter crab season is in full swing on the local saltwater and most of those chasing November Dungeness are reporting good, but not great, success rates. Of course, it would take some spectacular crabbing to rank as "great" compared to this past summer's extraordinary harvest, so...
Date: 11/03/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Outlook: First razor clam dig will be in the dark
The first coastal razor clam dig of the winter season comes on line Friday and Saturday at four beaches, bringing mixed prospects for those who like their clamming cold and dark. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife clam manager Dan Ayres in the agency's Montesano office said an excellent...
Date: 10/27/2011 | Sports
County acquires Sultan Basin property for gun range
Editor's note: The headline on an earlier version of this article misstated how the county acquired the property. It has been corrected.SULTAN -- Snohomish County has finished its acquisition of land for a future gun range, county officials announced Wednesday.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Local News
Sure of his shot
Justin Ristine, who was born with one arm, bags his first deer
Date: 10/24/2011 | Local News
Sheriff: Hiker mistakenly shot by Ore. bear hunter
SUBLIMITY, Ore. -- A California member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves was shot and killed in Oregon after authorities say a hunter mistook him for a bear.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Northwest
Wayne Kruse's Pick of the Week: Cast and Blast at Potholes Reservoir
Hot late-fall walleye fishing is on tap at Potholes Reservoir as water temperatures inch down toward the 55-degree mark, according to Mike Meseberg, owner of MarDon Resort. That, along with last weekend's statewide opening of the general waterfowl season, makes for an interesting "cast and blast"...
Date: 10/20/2011 | Sports
Wayne Kruse's Outdoor Outlook: Waterfowl, deer seasons off to slow starts
Two of the state's most popular hunting seasons, general waterfowl and modern firearm deer, opened Saturday to less than rave reviews. The weather in a lot of places was too good for duck and goose hunters, and usually productive Eastern Washington deer areas put out mostly slow hunting for the few...
Date: 10/20/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Outlook: Foul weather is good news for fowl hunters
The forecast for a "La Nina" winter brings mixed emotions, but for the hunter, cold, wet and windy are happy words. They mean waterfowl won't be camped on inaccessible big water. They mean early deer and elk migration down from the high country. They mean better visibility and quiet walking as wet...
Date: 10/13/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Outlook: Three Eastern Washington rivers open for coho
Don Talbot is always a vibrant personality, but early this week he was even more exuberant than normal."We're elated around here," he said. "It's historic."
Date: 10/06/2011 | Sports
Pick of the Week: Bonneville Sturgeon
The catch-and-keep sturgeon season that opened Saturday from Cathlamet up to Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River is, according to state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Joe Hymer in Vancouver, the best opportunity of the year for bank fishermen to take a sturgeon on the big river. The season...
Date: 10/06/2011 | Sports
Outdoor Caldendar: Oct. 6
Outdoor calendar• The Central Whidbey Sportsman's Association is offering a Women's Firearm Safety Class at 9 a.m. on Oct. 8. The class meets at the CWSA clubhouse, located 2.5 miles south of Coupeville on Safari Street. For more information, call Errol Ortego at 360-679-3887.
Date: 10/06/2011 | Sports
Local pheasant season opens on Saturday
The kids and seniors have had their early shots at pen-raised pheasants. Now it's everyone else's turn as the Western Washington general season opens Saturday morning. Belinda Schuster, new manager of the Skagit/Snoqualmie Wildlife Areas for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the...
Date: 09/29/2011 | Sports
Victim in grizzly bear attack was shot by his friend
BILLINGS, Mont. — A hunter attacked by a wounded grizzly in a Montana forest was killed not by the bear, but by a gunshot fired by a companion trying to save him, authorities said Friday.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Nation & World
Lots of options for anglers this time of year
Webster's Dictionary defines "potpourri" as a "medley" or "mixture," and when applied to the Western Washington sportfishing scene, the potpourri might read as follows: 260 anglers in 98 boats caught 14 chinook, 35 coho, 466 pinks, one steelhead, one red Irish lord and four greenling.
Date: 08/11/2011 | Sports
Without volunteers, no searches or rescues
Sheriff's Sgt. Danny Wikstrom can't say enough about Snohomish County's search-and-rescue volunteers."These folks love the outdoors, they love people and they want to serve," Wikstrom said. "They live and breathe their motto, 'So others may live.'"
Date: 07/24/2011 | Need to Know
Guide to humpies
Mike Benbow breaks down how and where to catch pink salmon
Date: 07/24/2011 | Sports
Baker Lake sockeye season opens Saturday
Sockeye salmon finally showed up in force on the Baker River early this week, and state Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel decided Tuesday enough fish were on hand to open a recreational season on Baker Lake. The season opens Saturday.
Date: 07/21/2011 | Sports
Washington's new vehicle pass slow to be discovered by masses
Despite statewide media reports for the past several months, people are still showing up at Washington state parks with no clue that a Discover Pass has been required for vehicles entering parks and other state lands since July 1.
Date: 07/19/2011 | Sports
Outdoorsmen paradise
Once a wasteland, Potholes Reservoir is now fishermen mecca
Date: 07/17/2011 | Sports
'The Nuge' off target
Landers: Ted Nugent doesn't speak for all outdoorsmen
Date: 07/15/2011 | Sports
Stonefly Fly Boxes
It was a wood-working flair, along with the help of family and friends, that has launched Dan Mazel into a new business venture -- Stonefly Studio. With inspiration from his son, Isaac, Mazel now crafts wooden fly boxes with laser-engraved designs on the front and back.
Date: 07/03/2011 | Sports
Discussing options for Wind River steelhead fishing
STEVENSON — More opportunity to fish for steelhead is needed in Skamania County's upper Wind River. Perhaps in Hamilton Creek at North Bonneville, too.
Date: 06/23/2011 | Sports
Parks no longer free
Starting July 1, you'll have to pay to visit state parks
Date: 06/23/2011 | Local News
COMMENTARY: Teaching adults to fish a good start
So you love the sport of fishing and you want to see it prosper and perpetuate. Where do you apply your efforts - with the parents or the kids?It's a bit like the "chicken or the egg" debate.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Sports
Stories from the Sound
Local author tells the history of Puget Sound sportfishing
Date: 06/12/2011 | Sports
Fishermen to the rescue
Two local fishermen help rescue boaters before boat sinks
Date: 06/10/2011 | Hunting and fishing
Cabela's store coming to Quil Ceda Village
TULALIP -- The big empty lot next to the Home Depot in Quil Ceda Village is about to be filled -- by Cabela's Inc.
Date: 06/08/2011 | Business
Cabela's store coming
Outdoor retailer will build at Quil Ceda Village
Date: 06/06/2011 | Local News
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