Local hunters photo gallery 5, 10, 17 and 30

The first buck 6

‘The majestic giant’ 8

The Promise 14

‘A precious tradition’ 14

The tag of a lifetime 18-19

Shooting the Breeze: The blissfully ignorant 23

‘Jumping up cow’ 24

Meet Buck, Oregon’s only anti-poaching K-9 28

State considering requiring hunters to draw for archery tags 29

2020 big game preview 32