Paper Tuning Your Compound Bow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Perfect Arrow Flight Before Oregon's Season
Paper tuning is the fastest, most reliable way to confirm your compound bow is launching arrows with a clean nock-high bullet hole. Here's how to do it right before Oregon's August archery opener.
Reloading the .416 Rigby: Big-Bore Precision for Oregon Black Bear and Dangerous Game
The .416 Rigby is one of the great dangerous game cartridges — a 400-grain bullet at 2,400 fps in a package that feeds reliably and hits like a freight train. Here's how to handload it for both safari applications and close-range Pacific Northwest black bear hunting.
Oregon's Ochocos Unit Archery Elk: DIY Tactics for Public Land Bulls in the Ochoco National Forest
The Ochocos Unit doesn't get the press of the Chesnimnus or Silvies, but it holds a solid population of Roosevelt-Rocky Mountain hybrid bulls on accessible public land. Here's a complete DIY guide to hunting archery elk in central Oregon's ponderosa highlands.
Dorena Reservoir Summer Largemouth Bass: Eugene's Best Backyard Bass Fishery
Tucked into the forested hills southeast of Cottage Grove, Dorena Reservoir offers Eugene-area bass anglers one of the most productive and overlooked largemouth fisheries in the Willamette Valley. Here's how to fish it in August.
Oregon Badlands Wilderness: A 2-Day Desert Backpacking Loop Through the High Lava Plains Near Bend
Twenty minutes east of Bend, the Oregon Badlands Wilderness offers some of the strangest and most rewarding desert backpacking in the state — ancient juniper forests, lava tubes, rimrock, and total solitude.
Arrow Speed vs. Arrow Weight for Bowhunters: The Trade-Off and Why Heavy Arrows Win in Timber Country
Every bowhunter faces this choice: shoot fast and light, or slow and heavy. The physics are settled. The right answer depends on where you hunt — and for most Pacific Northwest elk and deer hunters, heavy is right.
Defensive Carbine Training for Pacific Northwest Shooters: Courses, Drills, and Building Real Rifle Skills
The AR-15 is America’s most popular rifle, but most owners have never run it under pressure. Here’s how Pacific Northwest shooters can find quality defensive carbine training and build skills that actually matter.
Tundra Swan Hunting in Oregon: Tags, Pacific Flyway Routes, and Eastern Oregon Marshland Tactics
Oregon offers one of the most unique hunting experiences in the West: a limited tundra swan season through ODFW’s permit system. Here’s everything you need to know to draw a tag and put a bird on the strap.
Fall Steelhead on the Clackamas River: Bank and Wade Tactics for Oregon's Metro-Area October Run
The Clackamas River is one of Oregon's most underrated fall steelhead fisheries — 30 minutes from Portland and loaded with wild fish by mid-October. Here's how to get into them from the bank and on foot.
USPSA Production Division: Getting Competitive with a Stock Pistol at Oregon's Practical Shooting Clubs
USPSA Production division is one of the fastest-growing entries into practical pistol competition — stock gun, minimal modifications, pure skill. Here's how to get started at Oregon's active USPSA clubs.