Is Hunting Recreation or Commerce? The battle between residents and nonresidents heats up.
My grandfather still lives in southeastern Idaho, smack in the middle of one of the premier mule deer units in the country. When I was a boy, anyone who wanted to hunt the area, resident or non-resident-could go to the local hardware store and buy a license the day before the deer opener. Although the locals occasionally muttered about the number of "California hunters", the vast majority of men who took to the hills each fall lived within 50 miles.
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Oregon Mule Deer Initiative Committee Meets June 30th 06/26/09
The Murderers Creek Mule Deer Initiative Planning Committee will meet June 30 from 3-6 p.m. in the Juniper Room of the Malheur National Forest Supervisor's Office, 431 Patterson Bridge Road in John Day. [Comments?]
Oregon Reduces Mule Deer Tags in Areas 05/25/09
Rifle deer tags available for hunters may be reduced by 440 tags in the Maury unit and 33 tags in the N. Warner unit for the fall 2009 seasons. [Comments?]
Oregon Extends Application Deadline 05/13/09
The controlled hunt application deadline has been extended through Tuesday, May 19 11:59 PT due to a slowdown in ODFW's point-of-sale system affecting sales online and at license agents. [Comments?]
Oregon Controlled Hunt Application Deadline May 15th 04/27/09
Hunters, avoid the long lines and busy fax machines and get your controlled hunt application in as soon as possible. Apply by fax, mail order, at a license agent or online. The deadline to apply is May 15. [Comments?]
Oregon Mule Deer Planning Committee Meets April 14th 04/10/09
The Murderers Creek Mule Deer Initiative Planning Committee will meet April 14 from 3-6 p.m. in the Juniper Room of the Malheur National Forest Supervisor's Office, 431 Patterson Bridge Road in John Day. [Comments?]
Omnibus Public Land Management Act Sent to President 03/27/09
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, sending the most significant collection of conservation measures to come before Congress in a quarter of a century to President Obama for his signature. [1 Comment]
Oregon Big Game Hunt Raffle Tickets Available 12/29/08
Big game hunt raffle tickets are now on sale. These tickets make great gifts and offer winners the opportunity to hunt an extended 2009 season for deer, elk, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope or Rocky Mountain goat. [Comments?]
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Luke's New Mexico Mule Deer Hunt We woke up the first day to rain. It rained for about 3 1/2 hours. So we ate breakfast in the tent. When it stopped raining. We got all our stuff on and walked down a river bed about a mile long. Then we started up a mountain. When a very thick fog set in, we were about half way up. When we got to the top, we sat on some rocks and waited for the fog to clear.
