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A beginner's guide to waterfowl hunting on Sauvie Island- Hunting in the Westside Unit. Part 3 of a 5 part series.
Article
Mud and ghost shrimp are popular baits for salmon, sturgeon and other marine fish. Learn how simple it is to harvest your own.
Workshop and Events
Date
October 20, 2024
Location
EE Wilson Wildlife Area - 29555 Camp Adair Rd Monmouth, OR 97361
Educational Moment
There are two steps in patterning your gun: Verify your point of impact. Confirm the pellets are hitting where you’re aiming. Often called sighting in. Check the pattern of the pellets to see what loads shoot most accurately. Often called patterning. Sight in scopes and fiber optic sites If you’re shooting a shotgun with a single bead on top of the barrel, you can go right to patterning. If you’re shooting a shotgun mounted with a scope or reflex sight, or a fiber optic front and rear site, you’ll need to sight in the gun before you pattern it. Start
May 19, 2020
Workshop and Events
Date
November 9 & 10, 2024
Location
Day 1: Mid-Valley Clays - 6181 Concomly Rd NE, Gervais; Day 2: Sauvie Island Wildlife Area - Mudhen
Article
An experienced hunter witnessed a mule deer being poached. He was so rattled he forgot who to call and how to report the crime. Here are tips for what to do when you see poaching, then read on for this hunter’s story that bagged him a reward.
November 24, 2020
Landing page
Find hunt summaries and maps for Fern Ridge.
September 15, 2017
Educational Moment
Turkey hunting is one of the fastest growing kinds of hunting in Oregon, and nationwide, for many reasons.
May 19, 2020
Workshop and Events
Date
April 12, 2025
Location
Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife - 4192 N Umpqua Hwy, Roseburg, OR 97470
Article
Legal shooting hours for Game Birds and Northwest Permit Goose for the 2025-26 hunting seasons.
August 13, 2025
Workshop and Events
Date
November 16 & 17, 2024
Location
Day 1: Myrtle Point Gun Club; Day 2: ODFW Coquille Wildlife Area
Educational Moment
There's more than one way to pluck a turkey. Whatever method you choose, don’t just grab a handful of feathers and start yanking. This could rip the very thin skin, and once you’ve ripped the skin it’s difficult to finish plucking. In fact, at that point you may need to resort to skinning the bird. Keep the feet attached to while turkey while plucking it. They’ll give something to hold on to as you rotate and move the carcass around for thorough plucking. Dry plucking a bird – simple but time consuming To dry pluck a turkey, hang it up
May 19, 2020
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Public access to lands suitable to hunt can be a challenge. That's why we have the Oregon Hunting Access Map to help find your next outing.
Workshop and Events
Date
April 5, 2025
Location
Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife - 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr SE Salem, OR 97302
Workshop and Events
Date
April 6, 2025
Location
Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife - 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr SE Salem, OR 97302
Workshop and Events
Date
April 13, 2025
Location
Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife - 4192 N Umpqua Hwy, Roseburg, OR 97470
Workshop and Events
Date
April 26, 2025
Location
Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife - 1495 E Gregory Rd, Central Point, OR 97502
Workshop and Events
Date
Sept 9 and 10, 2023
Location
La Grande Gun Club and Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area - see listing
Zones or Areas
The transition from forested foothills of Mt. Hood to the beginnings of the Columbia Basin offers big game hunters an array of opportunities. The challenge can be finding public land or getting permission to hunt on private land.
