KATU - Outdoors - Fishing/Hunting

Hunter, 71, missing east of Roseburg

A search is on for a missing 71-year-old hunter last seen in the Twin Lakes area in the Umpqua drainage, about 56 miles east of Roseburg.

Hunter escapes grizzly attack with minor injuries

A grizzly bear has attacked another person in the Yellowstone region, this time a Wyoming hunter who said the animal came at him with so little warning he had no time to use the pepper spray he was carrying for defense in just such a predicament.

Hunters warned to be wary if they find a pot grow

As the deer hunters head out to find that big buck this weekend, Douglas Interagency Narcotics Officers have a warning for you: Be aware of stumbling across marijuana grows in the wilderness.

Free orange hats for youth hunters

Free hunter orange hats will be given to youth hunters that plan to hunt the fall 2011 season, to help kids meet new regulations requiring they wear the color.

'Get your deer tags now, don't wait'

The bucks should be plentiful this year according to reports from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Photo Essay: Tribal fishing for Columbia salmon

Tribal fishers are currently exercising their treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River and harvesting Fall Chinook.

Primitive weapon is getting a modern revival

With just a flick of the wrist, hunters have been able to kill their prey for thousands of years with the atlatl (pronounced attle attle).

Feds issue plan to restore Willamette salmon

The top priority for saving Upper Willamette Basin salmon and steelhead from extinction is getting more fish over the dams that control floods in the region.

Thieves decide: Why fish when you can steal it instead?

Somewhere in California, someone has a truck load of stolen merchandise that probably is starting to stink.

19-year-old largemouth bass may be oldest caught in Montana

A 10-year-old Montana boy fishing with a rubber worm caught a largemouth bass that state wildlife officials say could be nearly twice as old as he is.