Outdoors
Shooting the Breeze: Halibut on a hunting trip
The plan was to meet up with five of my old college buddies and to fly into Larsen ...
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Shooting the Breeze: Triumph unforeseen
In June, when we looked at the dismal draw results, and tried mightily to refrain from metaphoric expletives ...
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Out and About: Relishing the rare rain on a mountain path
I hike so rarely in the rain that I appreciate the experience in a way I would not ...
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Shooting the Breeze: First hunt
I suspect that my brain might be getting pretty full since I am having a hard time remembering ...
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Out and About: Becoming reacquainted with the drive ‘through the middle of the state’
I have driven so often across Oregon’s midsection that I feel I know its anatomy in something like ...
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The Natural World: Stories from the hunt
It is opening day of deer season in Northeastern Oregon. A cabin neighbor and his cohorts recently returned ...
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Shooting the Breeze: The pipe snake
Tweedle had railed for weeks about what good buck tags we had drawn. Apparently he used to cowboy ...
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A rodeo life
BAKER CITY — Riggin McGinn doesn’t remember a life before rodeo. The 12-year-old was 2 at his first ...
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Shooting the Breeze: A good day
It was uncomfortably warm as we drove north out of Fairfield, Idaho. Brady had drawn a Unit 44 ...
Outdoors
Shooting the Breeze: The Remington 788
The general shooting public has always tried to get better value for their buck. Occasionally, these “value” guns ...