especially Northeastern Oregon and I guess closer to where you are, too – the Columbia Plateau? Thompson: Within the area that recently went controlled hunt – now all of our elk hunting ...

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 ...

Capt. Doug Kitzmiller, 50, has been on leave since mid-December after state police initiated a criminal misdemeanor ...

For most of northeastern Oregon, the archery season for elk is a controlled hunt for the first time. In August 2021 the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to limit how many permits to ...

Millions of elk used to roam North America ... and they can’t hunt inside a state park,” said Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Paul Atwood. “So a lot of the traditional ...

SURF PINES, Ore. — For seven years, Ken Weist and his wife have watched elk roam through their backyard in the gated Surf Pines neighborhood. “They’re incredible, majestic creatures,” said ...

Cody killed an elk, but Shawn didn’t. The next year, he got another chance. Cody bought the Oregon governor’s tag at auction for $71,000. The tag allows the holder to hunt any part of the ...

Eastern Oregon University’s Speel-Ya is holding a raffle on April 11, 2025, for a Landowner Preference bull elk tag and three-day guided hunt on the Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie ...

Sean McClutchey / Adobe Stock Planning a successful elk hunt requires a ton of prep work ... Although grass is still the main component of their diet, certain plants such as Oregon cherry, prairie ...