16 Deer in the Mist: Foggy-Day Blacktails By Gary
Lewis
Here’s how to hunt blacktails in western Oregon’s
low cloud cover.
20 Cascade Elk: Opportunity Still
Knocks By Andy Martin
With general season tags available, it’s the best
game still around.
22 Oregon’s Stately Pheasants By Andy Martin
Roosters are still flying high at Oregon wildlife
areas.
24 Oregon’s 2008-09 Game Bird Outlook By Jim
Yuskavitch
A wet spring may produce a mixed bag for Oregon
wingshots this fall.
28 Controlled Bowhunts: Worth the Wait By Wil
Askew
Not your over-the-counter hunt, Oregon’s trophy
bowhunts are truly special.
OREGON AFIELD
8 GEESE: Oregon’s early Canada goose hunt rewards
the early birds.
9 QUAIL: Try calling for Oregon’s abundant valley
quail.
DEPARTMENTS
4 FINDING DIRECTION Getting More Bang for Our Bucks
6 GERBER HUNTING QUIZ Know Oregon? Win a Gerber
knife!
6 HUNTING CALENDAR Early bird seasons open Sept. 1
10 OREGON HUNTING NEWS Breeding wolf pack confirmed
in Oregon
12 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Help OHA stop a public
land-grab
13 YOUNG GUNS Kids make the most of their deer
season
14 BLACKPOWDER Deer hunting is better when it’s
wetter
15 BOWHUNTING Bow season is calling; you should be,
too
32 O.H.A. NEWS & VIEWS OHA helps habitat, funds OSP
forensics
34 GAME ON THE GRILL Recipes for Cooking the
Venerable Venison
36 O.H.A. CHAPTER NEWS OHA helps orchard sow seeds
for wildlife
40 SPOTLIGHT ON POACHING OHA offers big reward for
elk poachers
41 NOSLER PHOTO CONTEST Your best shot could win you
a rifle!
46 DELANEY’S DELUSIONS Hybrid Meets Inbred
Cover: Mule deer photographed by Willy Onarheim,
www.willyo-photo.com
