OUTDOORS & REC
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anders of area golf courses
provide excellent opportunity
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for winter sports. However,
Hoping to fi nd evidence
these settings don’t have the
of a displaced skunk or
ambience of forested slopes
porcupine, I come upon
and river valleys. My vintage
deep tracks that have a long snowshoes are now slated
stride. Their route leads
to take up residence at our
around a small stand of big
cabin in the Umatilla River
sage as if a large animal
canyon. Three feet of fresh
nosed for prey. Impressions
snow blanketed the sur-
culminate near a steel fence. round there in late February.
Snow is worn down to dirt
Higher elevations of the
and piled up at the edge
Blues are expected to retain
of multiple tracks. Grisly
ample snowpack over the
evidence of an encounter
next few months. There’s no
between a coyote and a
better time than now for a
cottontail rabbit, I wonder?
winter trek.
Then it comes to me: The
Snowshoes allow for a
neighbor’s 100-pound, golden reliable pace that encour-
Lab pup got loose again.
ages refl ection. They lead you
The wide-open spaces,
to places where the hollow
gentle slopes, and dogleg me- thump of falling snow and
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021
the raucous call of a sentinel
jay might be all that splits
the stillness. Perhaps best
of all though, they provide
ample opportunity to look for
animal tracks in the snow.
Dennis Dauble is a retired
fi shery scientist, outdoor writer,
presenter and educator who
lives in Richland, Washington.
For more stories about outdoor
adventure, including fi sh
and fi shing in area waters,
seeDennisDaubleBooks.com.
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The refl ection of cattails
in a snow-covered pond
can reward winter hikers.
Deer in Burns killed, hurt by blow gun darts
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife/Submitted Photo
Five mule deer in Burns have been struck by blow gun
darts, with two deer dying, since early November 2020.
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being hit by blow gun darts in
the Burns city limits.
Two deer have died and
at least three others were
hurt when they were struck
by darts over the past four
months, according to the Or-
egon Department of Fish and
Wildlife (ODFW).
In the most recent incident,
Oregon State Police fi sh and
wildlife troopers, alerted by
a Burns resident, found an
injured mule deer doe near
Court Street and Railroad Av-
enue in Burns on Feb. 13. The
doe had been hit by a blow
gun dart, which was stuck
in her side. Troopers had to
euthanize the deer.
They had found the carcass
of a mule deer fawn, with a
similar blow gun dart in its
neck, in that same area on
Nov. 6, 2020.
Between November 2020
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A dart wound can cause an
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deer.
Anyone with information
can call the Turn in Poachers
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800-452-7888. Or report by
email: TIP@osp.oregon.gov.
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found three other mule deer,
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darts in their bodies. Biolo-
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the deer, which should recover.
Although blow gun darts
can be effective at killing
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