OUTDOORS & REC
6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021
AIR GUNS
Then I got put on Prostaff with
Crosman and obtained an accurate
Continued from Page 1B
air gun. The whole process took me
So with all of the above said, let’s
probably fi ve to six years to make
get started on air guns. If you’re like
the decision that I wanted to be an
me, I got a BB gun when I was 6. A
air gunner. So you don’t run out and
pellet gun at 9, shotgun at 10 and
buy an air gun and become disillu-
then a .22 at 12. I think I started
sioned like I did I want to write this
deer hunting at 9 or 10. So by the
series of articles so we can speed
time I reached this level I left my
up your learning curve and so you
air guns in the dust never to be shot
don’t go through the same frustra-
again.
tions that I did.
Decades later, I started hearing
Let’s start off with the fi rst item
rumblings about the modern break
— which caliber should you buy?
barrel air rifl es. Then my brother-
At the fi rst SMC event they gave us
in-law had me shoot his new break
.177s to hunt with. The next year
barrel air rifl e. For the life of me I
they supplied us with .22s. I noticed
could not understand why a grown
it took 40% less shots with a .22
man would digress and go back to
than it did with the .177s to get a
air guns.
squirrel out of the tree. I was sold
Finally I thought, well, I might
on .22s.
as well check them out. I’m always
I was fat, dumb and happy
scrambling for new topics. Air guns
with my .22 for years until I got a
should be good for one. Little did I
Umarex .25-caliber Gauntlet. With
know how deep I would end up in
the Gauntlet I noticed as much of
them.
an improvement in jumping from a
Shortly thereafter I was at the
.22 to a .25 as from a .177 to a .22.
Professional Outdoor Media As-
The moral here is — don’t buy a
Tom Claycomb/Contributed Photo .177. I’d recommend getting a .22
sociation Convention in Missouri.
At the media day at the range event When you buy a pellet gun, get one that is at least a .22 caliber or you’ll be disappointed.
since pellet availability is better
I met with a Winchester rep. She
than a .25. But if you get into hunt-
showed me the ins/outs of a break
1½-inch group at 15 yards. I had
kill zones. I called Winchester and
persevered. Before long I got invited ing small game with air guns, I’d
barrel and before long I had one in a buddy on the SWAT team shoot
they said, yeah, we expect a 1½-inch to the fi rst GAMO Squirrel Master suggest buying the Umarex .25 cal.
my hot little hands.
it. He only got a 1¼” group. That’d
group at 13 yards.
Classic and tested out a pile of air
Gauntlet.
But upon shooting it, I was sadly never work. With air guns you’re
Why I didn’t give up on air guns
guns but still wasn’t convinced any
Tune in for the next article — air
disappointed. I could only get a
hunting small animals with small
right then I’ll never know, but I
of them were accurate.
guns, part two.
Newly hired worker wrecked neighbor’s car
DEAR ABBY: Last
year, my across-the-
street neighbor backed
into my car. At least,
that’s what I think
happened.
My car was parked legally
on the street, and there was a
huge dent in it. I called the po-
lice and, based on the location
of the dent and the neighbor’s
driveway, the offi cer deter-
mined that the neighbor had
backed into it. Furthermore,
light blue paint from my car
was on her car’s bumper.
When the offi cer went
across the street, the neighbor
came running out screaming
at him. She was hysterical
and belligerent, and she de-
nied it. Eventually, the offi cer
told me that even though he
was certain she did it, there
was nothing he could do since
it was her word against mine.
I had never met this
woman before, but she is
mean, and I often hear her
screaming and cussing at her
small children. Last week, I
arrived at work to discover
that my company had hired
a new clerk. I’ll give you one
guess who it is. I don’t think
she realizes I’m her neighbor.
I must interact with her often
time with me because he’s
either working or hanging out
DEAR ABBY
with the guys at the bar. I do
have jealousy issues. He looks
at and talks to other women
at work, and so far, I’ve been
when I am with him.
professional but chilly toward
My former husband used
her.
to be out every day until late
At some point, she’s going to in the evenings until I caught
see me in my yard and realize him cheating with my best
I’m her neighbor. Should I
friend. It’s hard for me to
clear the air now, or should
trust again. I truly love my
I pretend it never happened? boyfriend, and I don’t want to
I’m still angry because she
lose him. Should I be jealous
cost me a lot of money.
or let it go?
— ANGRY NEIGHBOR
DEAR UNDERVALUED:
Your insecurity is something
you need to work on because
your jealousy could drive a
wedge between you and your
boyfriend. If his looking at and
conversing with women were
a threat to your relationship,
it’s likely something would
already have happened.
Did your former husband
look at women and engage
them in conversation? I
have a hunch he didn’t do it
openly. That your best friend
helped him cheat was another
betrayal, for which you have
my sympathy. But please don’t
— UNDERVALUED IN
INDIANA
DEAR NEIGHBOR: I
see nothing to be gained by
“clearing the air” with some-
one you know is emotionally
unstable. Let it ride, keep
your distance and remain
cool. If her problems manifest
at the offi ce, she may not
be there long. And at home,
stay away from her AND her
driveway.
project their sins onto your
boyfriend.
Talk to him. Tell him you
need more time together.
Make plans for a regular
date night and arrange for
your sons to be absent. If you
still don’t have enough of his
company and he likes hanging
out with his guy friends at the
bar, consider tagging along
occasionally.
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
41/49
Kennewick
40/52
St. Helens
42/53
42/56
41/62
43/54
40/54
Condon
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Increasing
clouds
A little snow
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
and warmer
Comfort Index™ 10
La Grande
39 67 26
Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
Comfort Index™ 10
Eugene
0
5
10
40/59
42 26
49 25
61 34
0
5
10
56 34
0
4
10
9
ALMANAC
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 94°
Low: -2°
Wettest: 4.40”
51°
31°
46°
34°
49°
31°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Trace
Month to date
0.14
Normal month to date 0.66
Year to date
1.09
Normal year to date
2.04
Trace
0.46
1.17
5.49
3.94
0.36
1.01
1.79
12.94
7.29
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
25%
SW at 7 to 14 mph
8.8
0.14
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
13% of capacity
62% of capacity
56% of capacity
74% of capacity
51% of capacity
101% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
4720 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 117 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
39 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
548 cfs
Minam River at Minam
258 cfs
Powder River near Richland
279 cfs
Zephyrhills, Fla.
Gould, Colo.
Rome, Ga.
OREGON
High: 61°
Low: 21°
Wettest: 0.10”
Hermiston
Crater Lake
Astoria
WEATHER HISTORY
A great storm buried the Dakotas under
knee-deep snow on March 27, 1950. Du-
mont, S.D., received 38 inches, the greatest
24-hour snowfall in South Dakota history.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
6:42 a.m.
7:14 p.m.
6:08 p.m.
6:38 a.m.
SUN.
6:40 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
7:28 p.m.
7:03 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Full
Mar 28
Last
Apr 4
New
Apr 11
Florence
Beaver Marsh
First
Apr 19
Powers
43/64
40/64
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
35/69
Paisley
37/65
30/63
Frenchglen
35/70
Medford
30/67
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Hi/Lo/W
49/39/r
60/25/pc
74/33/s
53/39/pc
69/26/pc
54/41/r
56/35/r
61/19/pc
66/25/c
59/35/r
72/35/c
56/37/r
67/28/pc
68/27/pc
58/21/pc
69/36/c
67/26/s
66/25/s
Hi/Lo/W
48/38/sh
42/24/pc
47/29/sf
52/38/s
44/20/pc
50/37/pc
51/33/sh
40/23/sn
41/24/sn
51/33/pc
55/33/pc
50/34/sn
43/25/sn
39/25/sn
35/20/sn
58/29/pc
43/19/pc
43/18/s
32/79
35/73
Lakeview
30/66
McDermitt
32/66
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
MON.
Grand View
Arock
35/71
Klamath Falls
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
SUN.
Diamond
36/66
Fields
41/72
44/53
Boise
41/74
43/71
Brookings
34/74
34/65
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Juntura
30/69
33/64
31/59
Roseburg
Ontario
35/76
Burns
Brothers
42/66
Coos Bay
Huntington
33/63
42/60
Oakridge
29/61
38/72
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
39/54
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
39/68
39/59
Council
33/69
John Day
34/66
Sisters
40/57
45 22
35/67
Baker City
Redmond
41/53
Halfway
Granite
35/63
38/58
40/56
40/49
62 29
37 22
37/72
39/56
Newport
52 25
10
36 61 22
Corvallis
Enterprise
36/61
39/67
Monument
39/59
Idanha
Salem
47 25
10
Elgin
37/66
La Grande
39/63
Maupin
A moonlit sky
48/67
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
Lewiston
43/69
Hood River
42/68
TIllamook
TONIGHT
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Walla Walla
50/69
Vancouver
40/52
40/52
33 69 34
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DEAR READERS: At
sundown, the fi rst night of
the major Jewish holiday of
Passover begins. It celebrates
the fi rst and most momentous
event in Jewish history —
the liberation of the Jewish
people in Egypt. Wishing a
happy Passover to my Jewish
readers!
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
69/39/c
52/38/r
64/25/c
72/36/pc
49/38/r
47/34/r
76/37/s
69/41/c
68/33/c
54/39/r
64/34/r
66/29/pc
64/36/sh
56/37/r
54/32/sh
62/41/r
62/22/c
67/36/sh
Hi/Lo/W
52/32/pc
51/33/pc
41/26/sn
54/31/pc
47/37/sh
54/29/pc
52/29/pc
59/31/pc
51/31/pc
52/36/sh
48/31/sh
45/22/pc
51/33/pc
51/34/pc
47/26/pc
55/34/pc
39/23/sf
51/32/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A p.m. fl urry
Partly sunny; warm
41
9
66
28
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Clouding up
Clouds and sun
52
18
67
25
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Partly sunny
Clouding up
45
14
58
20
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Clouds and sun
A p.m. shower
58
21
70
27
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Breezy in the p.m.
Increasing clouds
69
34
67
26