Hunting Update

Hunter safety is always a key issue, check your gear and whose carrying your gun. . In Springfield Or a 34-year-old man is in critical condition , shot in the chest while dragging a doe the hill while his girlfriend carried his gun. Officals say that the sling broke and the gun struck the ground discharging. Also from Oregon, the Feds have offered $5,000 and a conservation nonprofit has added an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for the shooting of a female collared wolf found in the Fremont-Winema National Forest near Summer Lake, and speaking of wolves....Washington wildlife managers have halted their hunt for the surviving members of a wolfpack known as the Profanity Peak who have been killing cattle near Spokane due to opening of hunting season. It is not known if they will continue to leathally remove wolves after it closes in two weeks. Also, Washington States most popularhunting seasons gets underway Oct. 15. Hunters with modern firearms will take to the field for deer and waterfowl. According to WSFW Last year's deer harvest was the highest in the state since 2004, but drought took less of a toll this summer and overwinter survival was favorable in most areas," and Washington Fish and Wildlife Waterfowl manger Kyle Spragens projects a good duck hunting season as " "Conditions point to a good year for brood production, which is great for waterfowl hunters as long as enough rain falls during hunting season."Last season in WA nearly 550,000 waterfowl were harvested in Washington. Finally in Colorado hunters should have a better than average waterfowl season as well . three consecutive years of wet weather and good nesting conditions across the north central United States and Canada have caused duck species to remain well above long-term averages,.