An Oregon elk hunter was killed after a gun went off in the hunting group he was leading, shooting him in the back. John Marshall Nichols, 62, lost his life after the bullet pierced his back and ...

A hunting guide was fatally shot by another hunter as the group approached a herd of elk in Oregon, deputies said. The shooting happened shortly before 8 a.m. Nov. 10 near Halfway, the Baker ...

HALFWAY Ore. (KPTV) - A hunting guide was shot in the back and killed during an elk hunting trip in northeastern Oregon, according to deputies. The shooting happened before 8 a.m. on Nov. 10 near ...

Yet over his 63 years, retired paper mill worker Bill Routh has seen the elk population in Warrenton and the surrounding area along the Oregon coast grow from maybe a handful to hundreds.

The Oregon State Police said in a news release that State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers responded to a call into the Turn in Poachers tip line and found three wounded elk in a herd of about 30.

SALEM — More than four decades since it was started, a program that prioritizes Oregon landowners for hunting tags is poised to become permanent law this year. “The program is finally at a ...

A single word describes 2024 fall hunting — extraordinary. Buck deer and bull elk ratios improved across much — but not all — of the state this year, offering opportunities to most hunters.

Poacher's jail sentence will coincide with the next three elk hunting seasons. July 17, 2025. contribute now. About OPB. ... This 2005 file photo shows a bull elk. Courtesy of Oregon Department of ...

An elk hunter in Oregon has reported killing a wolf in self-defense, prompting wildlife officials to launch an investigation. The Oregon State Police stated Monday that the hunter claimed to have ...

Elk damage spurs $600,000 Oregon compensation proposal. Published 3:30 pm Monday, February 12, 2024. By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI ... “Hunting can’t be a blanket fix-all for all this. ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a 66-year-old man who shot a herd of elk in Tillamook County blamed the shooting on “elk fever” when turning himself into the police. ODFW ...