Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Fish and Game director Moore to retire
Idaho Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore announced he will retire from the department in January 2019 after a 42-year career in fish and wildlife management. …
Hunters like Idaho whitetail management, want to see fewer non-residents allowed
North Idaho hunters don’t want whitetail deer to be managed for trophy bucks, they are satisfied with existing hunting opportunities and want to be able to hun…
Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers
A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The fa…
They shoot urban bucks and make them rural legends, don't they?
The deer head came along with the luggage, the boxes of books, bedding, firearms and the cat, a gray mousy looking feline that feared the sight of most humans but slept on my pal’s pillow and in his laundry baskets.
Father's memory part of the elk hunting experience
Ryan Frank of Hayden wears a silver ring of elk ivory embossed along its edges with mountains and trees and a bugling bull elk in tiny relief.
A poodle in the field is worth a ton of mutts in the bush
His dog chased squirrels like nobody’s business, and for a squirrel hunter walking from woodlot to woodlot in pursuit of the big gray or red-colored fox squirrels, any dog that was wild about pointing tree tops, st…
Hunters log harvest and complaints at check stations as elk season ends
The latest North Idaho elk hunting season was a mixed bag for hunters, and for biologists manning check stations in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe drainages.
Fewer hunters, average harvest logged at IDFG check stations
Fewer hunters in the Coeur d’Alenes so far this elk season makes the Idaho Department of Fish and Game wonder.
Study: Metal ingested by sturgeon doesn't affect fish's population
A study of sturgeon in Hells Canyon determined a significant portion of the long-lived fish have hooks and other fishing tackle in their digestive tracts, but …
Have caddis, will travel
The elk hair caddis epitomizes in many ways the American West.
Never be too prepared when saving trees from branch-busting deer
I have lived around ornamental and fruit trees in deer country a long time and alas, complacency!
Biggest fish, biggest payout marks Bayview's OktoberFish
Bayview resident Chad Cadnum pulled off what his friend and Bayview celebrity Ralph Jones had done for more than a decade before passing the torch.
Post Falls man lands a boat in fishing derby
Sometimes it takes a whole life to float your boat.
Hunter's Breakfast Saturday, Sunday in Rose Lake
The Rose Lake Historical Society will host its annual Hunter’s Breakfast this weekend.
Head north for Lake Pend Oreille walleye
Lake Pend Oreille walleye live mostly in the rivers and the northern portions of the lake although they regularly move, sometimes great distances, according to…