Differently Abled Hunters Go Loaded for Bear

This is a story of two 14-year-olds – one boy and one girl – whose families opted to get them as far into deep-forest bear hunting as possible. At one level, they are just ordinary youngsters who want to hunt and fish and bathe in fresh air and sunshine like any other...

Going Flat Out for Flat Fish

For a number of us, I think, summer and fall adventures begin in February, at the Central Washington Sportsmen Show down the Yakima River in the SunDome. I signed myself and various homeys up for big water chases after halibut and tuna. Our tuna run awaits us in...

All about Memory Bank Accounts

As we awaited the social event of the spring – the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame pairing of 2014 artists and sponsors – at Fitterer’s Furniture a couple weeks back, Homey Jerry Lael and I had a confab. As you know, any time two or more of us gather in the name of the...

Canada Geese and Interesting Mating Games

If you’ve spent much time this spring around one of the nesting ponds or along the river, you’ve been hearing it, too. I’m thinking of the urgent pleadings of a love-struck Canada goose – Branta Canadensis. Several proposed pairings have been regularly chasing each...

All about the Quest for Near-Impossible Permits

Every year, during the few weeks before May 22, a good many of us who hunt begin seriously considering possibilities. We think about hunting some critter we have long dreamed of pursuing, or hunting in some season or place we have long dreamed of hunting. Getting a...