The statewide hunting season for ruffed and blue grouse, as well as mourning doves, opened Sept. 1, and the season for most other upland game birds, including chukar, quail and rooster pheasants, ...

With most hunting seasons over, some of us like to find another avenue in which to go afield. What about trying a bird hunting preserve?

BAKER CITY — Russ Elms has hiked many hard miles in a fruitless search for his feathered quarry. But not recently. The miles are still hard, to be sure. The torturous topography which chukars, a type ...

Standing in the brush along an abandoned rock quarry, I scanned the blue, cloud-free September sky for flying birds. My prey? Band-tail pigeons, the West Coast’s cousin to the extinct passenger pigeon ...