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Turkeys make a lot of different sounds, many of which are different in spring and fall. Though most hunters can routinely fill tags by using only two or three sounds, it’s good to know what other sounds turkeys make and why. The hen yelp and variations The most commonly heard sound in the turkey woods is made by the hen, and it’s called a yelp. Toms also yelp, but it’s louder, raspier and often more drawn-out than that of hens. The yelp is usually delivered in a series of one-note tunes. However, yelps can take on various forms. Specifically, there
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July 10, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your viewing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Report your turtle sightings Turtles can be viewed basking/sunning themselves on downed trees, rocks, and aquatic vegetation in wetland ponds, sloughs, reservoirs, and rivers. Please do not disturb turtles and view from a distance. Turtles may also be found on land at this time of the year, most being females looking for a place to lay their eggs. Oregon has two native species of semi-aquatic freshwater turtles – the northwestern pond turtle and
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Aug. 28, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Best bets for weekend fishing Jubilee Lake should provide good trout fishing into the summer. Wallowa Lake can have good fishing for rainbow trout throughout the summer. There's been some good trout fishing in the south fork of the Walla Walla River. Fishing the Wallowa River for trout and whitefish can be good throughout the summer. Bass fishing on the John Day remains a good bet for late summer fishing. Magone Lake is
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Aug. 28, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Best bets for weekend fishing The cold front knocked the grasshoppers back but there's still good fishing on the Wood River, and meadow areas of SF Sprague, NF Sprague, Upper Sycan Rivers and Long Creek. Brook trout fishing is excellent in the headwater areas of the Sycan, SF Sprague, North Fork Sprague, Long Creek, Upper Williamson, and Sevenmile Creek. Yellow perch fishing remains excellent at the classic areas (mouth of Sevenmile, Williamson River
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Glen Otto Park, 1102 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, 97060
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Aug. 28, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Best bets for weekend fishing Anglers are reporting excellent fishing for pre-spawn kokanee and lake trout at Odell Lake. The Metolius River continues be excellent for mountain whitefish, redband trout and bull trout. Now that flows have settled, anglers and guides have been reporting good nymphing for trout and whitefish on the Crooked River below Bowman Dam. Fly-fishers are reporting success from many of the Cascade Lakes including Hosmer, East, and Crane Prairie
Aug. 28, 2024 If there’s not a photo, it didn’t happen Submit your fishing photo to ODFW and we might use it here or elsewhere on MyODFW.com. Current and upcoming fishing opportunities The Columbia River fall salmon season opened Aug. 1 from Buoy 10 to the Oregon/Washington boarder. See regulation updates for details. Effective Aug. 1, steelhead is closed from Buoy 10 to The Dalles Dam. Effective Sept. 1, steelhead retention is closed from Buoy 10 to the Oregon/Washington border above McNary. Announcements 2024 spring-summer forecast Fishing for cash The Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program pays anglers for each northern
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This small tan-and-gray sparrow with a delicately streaked upper breast is found in summer in wet mountain meadows where its bubbly song can be heard from low shrubs. It winters in brushy lowland areas where it skulks in tall grass and weeds and is usually seen for only a moment. It breeds locally above 3,000 feet in the west Cascades and winters in the valleys west of the cascades. Hear the song of the Lincoln's sparrow Photo by Kelly Colgan-Azar, Flickr
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These lizards are found in open desert shrublands, particularly where islands of sand have accumulated around shrubs and are absent where a dense grass understory would inhibit their ability to run. The Long-nosed leopard lizard eats large insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets, and beetles, and also takes small vertebrates, including pocket mice, side-blotched lizards, whiptails, and Western fence lizards. Some plant material (flowers, berries) is eaten when available. Photo by Charlotte Ganskopp
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When a turkey is shot in the head with a shotgun, death is usually instant. However, a turkey may flop on the ground for several seconds, even up to a minute, after it’s “dead.” In this case, the turkey isn’t going anywhere so simply wait for it to go still. If the bird is wounded and laying with its head up, you may need to shoot it again – in the head with a shotgun, or in the spine or vitals with an arrow. Don’t try to ring the neck of a bird that’s still alive but not going anywhere
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