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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
Tips for hunting birds from a duck boat

Duck hunters who use a boat to get to their blinds should remember they must follow boating, as well as hunting rules. And because inclement weather is common during the duck season, it’s advisable to implement pro…

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
Tight lines: Fish and Game opens steelhead harvest

Evelyn Kaide’s gardenia is doing well, thank you.

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
Return of the native

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
Weather watching for hunters, a cautionary tale

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
All hunters, anglers required to stop at check stations

Throughout the deer and elk seasons, Idaho Department of Fish and Game will be running check stations to collect data on hunter and angler success. Idaho law r…

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
GET STOKED

Professional climbers, free-falling flyers, bicycling shenanigans in Spain, wilderness camping in Alaska and cyclists wheeling through a wild mountain range.

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
Bayview derby kicks off fall fishing season

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Updated 8 years, 11 months ago
First elk hunt made a believer out of her

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Updated 9 years ago
OPINION: Sportsmen's gift to conservation

Getting a fishing or hunting license is a rite of passage for thousands of Idaho boys and girls. While it seems like a small thing (a combined hunting and fish…

Updated 9 years ago
Fish the color of fire

Panhandle’s landlocked sockeye heading to spawning streams

Updated 9 years ago
Snow Peak fire, good for wildlife

My eyes are burning and I hate the color of the brown skies, but there is a silver lining. Wildfires can be good for wildlife habitat and have a long-lasting i…

Updated 9 years ago
Wolf trapping classes coming up in Cd'A

Anyone interested in trapping wolves in Idaho must pass a wolf trapping certification program offered by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Updated 9 years ago
Mapping out the forest

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Updated 9 years ago
Grouse wings and hunting dogs

It’s wing season time in North Idaho.

Updated 9 years ago
More steelhead on the way

By RALPH BARTHOLDT