OUTDOORS & REC
B2 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
RECREATION BRIEFS
Wallowa-Whitman,
Umatilla forests ease
fi re restrictions
Tom Claycomb/Contributed Photo
The Umarex .25 cal. Gauntlet and JSB pellets are a deadly combo for doves/pigeons.
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A lot of hunters don’t like
hard ear muff s because
when you throw up your
shotgun they bump it out
of line. Check out the Axil
Sport EAR X-Pro series.
They fi t in your ear like a
hearing aid.
Since you’ll be doing a
lot of shooting most people
use low base size 7½ or 8
shot. Take four to six boxes
because you don’t want to
be having an exceptional
hunting day and run out of
shells. Curse of all curses.
I was headed out
hunting yesterday. My
neighbor said the doves
had cleared out two weeks
before when the weather
cooled down. Doves up
north do that. Really the
dove season up north
should open Aug. 15.
Sure enough, I didn’t
see one mourning dove
Mourning Dove regulations
• Daily bag limit of 15, 45 in
possession
• Can hunt 30 minutes before
sunrise and 30 minutes after
sunrise
• 3 shell limit so use a plug
Seasons:
Zone 1: Sept. 1-30, and Nov.
15-Dec. 14. Zone 1 includes
Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam,
Sherman and Wasco counties
Zone 2: Sept. 1 through Oct.
30. Zone 2 includes Baker,
Grant, Union, Wallowa, Mal-
heur and Harney counties
and only two Eurasians.
I always get doves in this
spot. I guess they did
migrate early this year.
So, I changed to a pigeon
hunting mode. I’d brought
my Umarex .25 caliber
Gauntlet for that purpose.
The fi rst 30 to 45 min-
utes was awesome. I hit
close to 30. I got one Eur-
asian and should have had
two but I took too long
to crank down on him.
You can use an airgun on
pigeons and Eurasians but
not on mourning doves
since they’re a migratory
bird.
Well, it’d been a great
day. I cleaned the birds (I
saved the young pigeons),
sliced the breast into three
to four slices and mari-
nated them for a few hours.
Then I cut a slice of pep-
pered bacon in half and
laid on a slice of breast,
onion and jalapeno and
wrapped them up and
pinned together with a
toothpick.
I’d found one last fore-
quarter off of an axis deer
I’d shot last year so I fi red
up the pellet smoker and
smoked the poppers, deer
shoulders and chicken
breast. Katy, Kolby, Kol-
by’s boyfriend and I
feasted like kings and
queens. It was a great day
in the Claycomb house.
BAKER CITY —
Campfi res are no longer
restricted to designated
campgrounds and recre-
ation areas on the Wal-
lowa-Whitman and Uma-
tilla national forests.
The two forests moved
to Phase A of public use
restrictions on Friday, Sept.
17. Campfi res had either
been banned altogether, or
allowed only in designated
recreation sites, for much of
the summer due to high and
extreme fi re danger.
Campfi res must be
attended at all times, and
completely extinguished
before they’re left. People
with campfi res are required
to have a shovel and at least
one gallon of water avail-
able. Forest offi cials urge
visitors to use existing fi re
rings.
In addition to the change
in campfi re regulations,
fi rewood cutters can again
use chain saws between
8 p.m. and 1 p.m. Wood-
cutters are required to
maintain a one-hour fi re
watch after shutting off
chain saws.
Vehicles are not allowed
on roads or trails that are
blocked by an earthen
berm, logs boulders, gates
or other barriers.
Olive Lake
campground closed
for tree removal
PENDLETON — The
Olive Lake campground
and day use area is closed
for the rest of the season
to allow a contractor to
resume a project to cut trees
killed or infested by moun-
tain pine beetles.
The Umatilla National
Forest announced the clo-
sure earlier this week.
Olive Lake, in the Blue
Mountains about 12 miles
west of Granite, is a popular
summer and fall destination
for camping, fi shing and
boating.
The pine beetle out-
break started in 2018 and
has spread across about
250 acres around the lake.
The beetles have killed or
weakened many trees in
the campground, which is
at the northeast corner of
the lake, and the Umatilla
National Forest has hired a
contractor to cut trees that
pose a danger to campers
and other visitors.
Umatilla National Forest
workers started removing
hazardous trees in 2020
along the road that leads
to and runs through the
campground.
The closure that started
Friday, Sept. 17 includes
sections of Roads 10-480
and 10-481, which access
the campground, boat
launch and docks, and other
areas on the east side of the
lake. Sections of the lake-
shore trail are also closed
in that area, and day uses,
including picnicking,
fi shing and swimming, are
not allowed in that area.
Contractors will work
this fall until snow accu-
mulates, with the project
scheduled to be fi nished in
the spring of 2022.
More information about
the closure areas and per-
mitted recreation activities
on Olive Lake is available
by calling the North Fork
John Day Ranger District at
541-427-3231.
—EO Media Group
Umatilla National Forest/Contributed Photo
Olive Lake is in the Blue Mountains about 12 miles west of Granite.
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