OREGON HUNTER magazine - the official bimonthly publication of the Oregon Hunters Association - is the ONLY magazine dedicated exclusively to hunting in Oregon. Each issue is packed with informative articles about hunting in Oregon and stunning color photographs of Oregon game animals. There's even a photo contest for OHA members in each issue, along with a quiz to test your knowledge of hunting in Oregon. Regular columns include Oregon Afield, Oregon Hunting News, Bowhunting, Oregon Legislative Report, Spotlight on Poachers, OHA Chapter News, Young Guns and Delaney's Delusions - a humor column that chronicles the mishaps of a misfit Oregon hunter. Each issue also brings you in-depth feature articles, as well as a breath-taking photo essay that explores a special aspect of hunting in Oregon.


 

OREGON HUNTER is on sale at newsstands throughout Oregon, but the best way to make sure you never miss an issue is to join the Oregon Hunters Association and get 6 bimonthly issues delivered to your door, along with the ever-popular Oregon Hunters' Calendar, which features 12 glossy color photos of Oregon game animals and all of the important season dates and deadlines. It's a special benefit for OHA members and it's available nowhere else.

OREGON HUNTER is your best shot at staying ahead of the game. Don't miss it!


CONTENTS

July/August 2009

 

FEATURES

16 - Game On! Oregon Big Game Outlook - By Jim Yuskavitch
One biologist said it best: ‘Nothing is in the toilet, but nothing is great, either.’

22 - Oregon’s Newest Wilderness Areas - By Jim Yuskavitch
What several recent wilderness designations mean to Oregon hunters.

24 - Oregon Photo Essay: Bandon Marsh - By Sue & Eric Hansen
The south coast’s Bandon Marsh may be small, but it’s big on birds.

28 - Oregon’s ‘New’ Record-Book Blacktail - By Jim Gaskins
This amazing blast from the past narrowly dodged a date with the dump.

30 - The Buffalo Bear Taken by Bow - By Jim Gaskins
This bison-sized bear is Oregon’s new record black bear taken with a bow.

OREGON AFIELD

8 - BEAR: In late summer, find berries, and you will find black bears.

8 - FOREST GROUSE: Wingshots are singing the blues in these ruff times.

9 - DOVES: Target your early efforts on the transition zone.

DEPARTMENTS

4 - FINDING DIRECTION: Feral horses are out of control in Oregon

6 - GERBER HUNTING QUIZ: Know Oregon? Win Gerber gear!

6 - HUNTING CALENDAR: Don’t miss your tag sale deadlines!

10 - OREGON HUNTING NEWS: ODFW captures, collars wolf in Oregon

12 - LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: LOP program extended as is until 2014

14 - BOWHUNTING: Eastern Oregon elk beckon bowhunters

15 - BLACKPOWDER: Hunting Oregon’s blackpowder blacktails

32 - YOUNG GUNS: Oregon filmmakers shoot kids shooting

34 - GAME ON THE GRILL: Recipes that make antelope appetizing

36 - O.H.A. CHAPTER NEWS : OHA makes hay for Oregon’s wildlife

40 - SPOTLIGHT ON POACHING: Trespasser tagged for poaching deer

41 - NOSLER PHOTO CONTEST: Your best shot could win you a rifle!

46 - DELANEY’S DELUSIONS: Talk to Me, Fido (I’m Listening)

Cover: Elk photographed by OHA member Jim Ward of La Grande

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