CRITTER ATTACKS -- Although other alternatives would be recommended if possible, a 21-year-old Maine woman took on an attacking raccoon, which turned out to be rabid, and drown it with her bare hands. “Imagine the Tasmanian devil,” she said. “It was terrifying.” Here's the chilling...
FLY FISHING -- Conditions have been ideal: mountain runoff has subsided; weather hasn't been too hot; some cloud cover to promote hatches. I'm not the only one who's noticed.... "June, in my opinion, is the peak-of-the-peak fishing in our area," says Sean Visintainer of Silver...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Field staff for state and federal wildlife agencies trapped, collared and released what is believed to be an adult male gray wolf east of Burlington near Marblemount, officials say. Wolves are federally listed as endangered species in the western two-thirds of Washington...
HUNTING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife special permit drawings for deer, elk and moose hunting seasons have been conducted and results are available online. To view drawing results, hunters must access customer accounts at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and click the Special Hunts link on…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
