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Hen-crazed gobblers turn hunt into spot-and-stalk adventure

The gobbles instantly announced, even to my impaired hearing, that I could make this work.

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Hunting

Bow vs. atlatl: New research dates arrival of warfare upgrade in North America

Fishing

Bighorn River trout populations up as dry water year threatens

Hiking

Groups planning work on Idaho trails into the Salmo-Priest Wilderness

Nighttime rescue on ‘easy’ 14er highlights basic hiking mistakes that can turn deadly
She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she’d just made history
Lookout improvement: Forest Service making progress on popular Little Guard Lookout

Wintersports

Choice lifestyle: Family business flourishes in tough love for backcountry skiing

Conservation

Newly identified genetic groups of bighorn sheep could aid Idaho management

Columns

Dogs, Banjos, and Cake: Palliatives for a burning world | Ammi Midstokke

Field Reports

Access point at 57th an Hatch Road closed through mid May | Field reports

Fish-Hunt Report

Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for April 23, 2026

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YouTuber and author Marc Fryt shows life, destruction found by snorkeling Spokane River

UPDATED: Mon., May 18, 2026

There are many stories beneath the surface of the Spokane River, and local fly-fisher, author and outdoor enthusiast Marc Fryt is bringing them to YouTube.

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New whitewater club splashes down in Moscow

Fri., May 15, 2026

Among river runners, Idaho is known as the Whitewater State and a pair of University of Idaho students has buttressed that claim by founding a paddling club to nurture the next generation of whitewater wizards.

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Hen-crazed gobblers turn hunt into spot-and-stalk adventure

Fri., May 15, 2026

The gobbles instantly announced, even to my impaired hearing, that I could make this work.

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Bow vs. atlatl: New research dates arrival of warfare upgrade in North America

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

The retreat of snowfields and glaciers across North America has revealed stunning ancient artifacts, such as an 11,500-year-old atlatl dart recovered in the Beartooth Mountains in 2007.

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Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for May 14

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

Fly fishing

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Finding purpose in sailboats

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

Contrary to popular belief, the internet, and whoever is trying to sell you a boat, most sailboats are not for sailing.

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Shedding myths about rattlesnakes

UPDATED: Wed., May 13, 2026

Warm spring weather is bringing rattlesnakes and people closer together, and not necessarily in a good way.

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Palouse man finds better beaver solution

UPDATED: Wed., May 13, 2026

PULLMAN – John Brown’s battle with the beavers on his property spanned over a decade.

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‘They’re not scared, they’re just at home’: Man plans to donate 885 acres to the Kalispel Tribe through conservation easement to protect wildlife

UPDATED: Mon., May 11, 2026

On an average autumn morning last year, Gary Verbrugge would walk off his front porch and watch as a full-grown bull moose took to pruning his apple tree 20 feet away.

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Newly identified genetic groups of bighorn sheep could aid Idaho management

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

A new Idaho study has identified six distinct genetic groups of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep across the state, opening new doors for management and reintroduction projects.

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Two hikers in Yellowstone seriously injured in bear attack

Fri., May 8, 2026

A pair of hikers in Yellowstone National Park were seriously injured in a bear attack earlier this week.

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Yellowstone elk took a cruise to New Zealand in 1905; their descendants are revered

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

Yellowstone National Park's elk are known to migrate hundreds of miles, but in 1905 seven cows and three bulls likely set a record – a distance of more than 7,500 nautical miles – when they took a cruise from Washington, D.C., to New Zealand.

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Missing hiker found dead of suspected bear attack in iconic national park

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2026

A missing hiker from Florida was found dead on Wednesday in Glacier National Park and park officials are investigating the death as a possible bear attack.

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Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for May 7

Thu., May 7, 2026

Fly fishing

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Dogs, Banjos, and Cake: Palliatives for a burning world | Ammi Midstokke

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2026

I keep trying to get my banjo teacher to teach me contemporary songs, because if Pink Floyd sounds good, it must sound good on the banjo, right?

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Part tying, part carving: How Derek Darst turns deer hair into elaborate bass bugs

Fri., May 1, 2026

The most important part of tying a topwater bass fly is putting enough hair on the hook. So, one Saturday morning in early April, Derek Darst just kept adding more.

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Bighorn River trout populations up as dry water year threatens

UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2026

Following a warm and dry winter, one of south-central Montana’s major tourist attractions, the Bighorn River, is facing low water levels despite its location below Yellowtail Dam.

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To Cuba for bonefish, tarpon and permit, with a side of a changed Havana | Dennis Anderson

UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2026

In 1950, Ernest Hemingway founded a billfish tournament off the northern coast of this island nation, not far from Havana. Trolling heavy lines behind his 38-foot boat Pilar, Hemingway won the competition that year. “There is great pleasure in being on the sea,” Hemingway would write, “in the wild suddenness of a great fish.”

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Gopher Snake emerges | Outdoors reader photo gallery

Thu., April 30, 2026

This photo, taken by Rich Zywiak on April 27, shows a 4-foot-long gopher snake at Columbia Plateau Trail in Cheney. Warmer weather has activated local snake species.