Outdoors
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Fish and Game: Helicopter elk surveys begin from North Fork to St. Joe River valley
Along with the helicopter pilots that will whisk them into North Idaho’s backcountry, Fish and Game biologists are on standby as the department’s annual elk su…
Another tiger trout record expected at Deer Creek Reservoir
Tiger trout are the sterile offspring of brook and brown trout that can appear in the wild, although not with consistency.
RALPH BARTHOLDT: From Honer's dad to you - a good wish for a new year
Most of my pal Honer’s meals started with onions frying in a pan.
Kootenai River open for burbot fishing as numbers rebound
Daryl Hageman of Hope spent a day this week taking advantage of the Kootenai River’s latest fishery.
Hunter reports due by Monday
Hunters who chased game in Idaho are reminded to turn in their hunter reports by the end of this month.
Christmas for the birds, the hunters chasing them and the dogs that bring them back
He hunted with his brothers and dad on Christmas Eve and the next morning, but that was long ago, he said.
Snow brings elk to the lowlands
Last week, during my travels in Boundary County, I observed approximately 76 cow and calf elk and three bulls in one large herd in the Kootenai National Wildli…
New IDFG director has worked for the department for 35 years
A former fisheries bureau chief for Idaho Fish and Game, and former deputy director, will take over as department head beginning next month.
The religion of solid ground while driving over lake ice on a sultry winter's day
If you find yourself in a car careening across the ice of a frozen lake this winter, you may do well to keep the door ajar, if just for the sake of the guy riding shotgun who yells, “Crack your door!”
Of guns, gunmakers and granddaughters
The rifle Tera Wolfe packed to the edge of a field five years ago during her first whitetail deer hunt had a light-colored, hardwood stock with a classic comb.…
Hunter comments wanted for moose, sheep, goat seasons
Idaho Fish and Game biologists in the Salmon Region want to hear from hunters on proposed changes to moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat seasons for 2019 and 2020.
Idaho steelhead fishing continues, with exception of two area closures
A last-minute deal forged between environmentalists, a steelhead angling advocacy group and Idaho Fish and Game commissioners will allow fishers to continue to…
Fundraiser for pheasants big success on the Palouse
When they wheeled in the ribs, tucked inside giant tupperware tubs lined with barbecue sauce and aroma, an air of concerned pleasure and sanctimoniousness swept through the huge dancehall.
IDFG: Catching poachers requires help from public
An elk shot and its meat wasted on private land near Prichard is among several poaching cases being investigated by Idaho Fish and Game.
Technicality or troubled waters?
There was a time when businesses in Riggins proudly displayed small signs in their storefront windows proclaiming “Salmon Mean Business.”