Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Reflecting on Panhandle fishing and spring trout on Mirror Lake
Glenn Lefebvre grew up in North Idaho with a fishing pole nearby.
Spring buck deer sign, a window without the cold
The scrapes ringed his property like casual provocations.
Application period for controlled hunts ends April 30
The application period for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts ends April 30, and applications can be made at any Fish and Game office, license vendor, by telephone or online. Telephone applicat…
Citizen scientists needed for regional bumble bee study
A new project by several state wildlife groups seeks to map bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, and anyone with a camera and computer can help.
Farragut Shooting Range scheduled to open May 4
The Farragut Shooting Range and archery course will open Friday, May 4 and will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until November.
Spring wake-up call: It's black bear season
There was that one bear that denned 40 feet up a hollow cedar tree.
Turkey hunting memories ; no trigger pull required
This is the short version.
Sheep returned to Owyhees in 1960s now a strong population
Once plentiful when settlers arrived in what would become southwest Idaho, a rapid decline of bighorn sheep in the 1800s resulted in a near-extinct population …
Fish and Game plans a one-tag fall grizzly bear hunt
Idaho wants to offer a single grizzly bear tag for the fall hunting season.
Outdoors Briefs
In Idaho’s super hunt drawings, applicants don’t need a license and can apply for deer, elk, pronghorn or moose hunts anywhere in the state.
Cd'A angler vying for spot on state bass fishing team
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Moose controlled hunt tags include cow tags for Panhandle
Hunters looking for Panhandle moose population data as they consider applying for controlled hunts this month won’t get a solid answer.
Kids get to hunt pheasants for free
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Haverstick to speak at Forest Plan revision meeting at Kootenai Environmental Alliance today
The Kootenai Environmental Alliance will feature Brett Haverstick from Friends of the Clearwater today at the group’s office at 206 E. Indiana Ave. Suite 112 in Coeur d’Alene for a discussion on the upcoming revisi…
Spring youth gobbler hunt next month
By RALPH BARTHOLDT