OUTDOORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Youth spike elk, doe hunting
opportunities available
Blue Mountain Eagle
Morrow-Grant County
OHV Park is offering oppor-
tunities for youth hunting.
Applications are avail-
able for a youth elk hunt, and
requests are being accepted
from youth doe hunters.
Applications are due by
4 p.m. Oct. 8 for the sec-
ond-season youth spike-
only hunt, to be returned to
the Morrow County Pub-
lic Works office in Lex-
ington. Grant and Mor-
row county residents 12-17
may apply. Up to six appli-
cants will be provided
with a hunting permission
packet.
Applicants must have a
hunters education certifi-
cate, a valid hunting license
and will be required to pur-
chase a general second sea-
son (Nov. 7-15) elk tag prior
to the hunt.
For a youth doe hunt,
youths who have received
tags for hunt 648T may
request to hunt at the OHV
park. Requests will be hon-
ored on a first-come, first-
served basis.
Contact Kirsti Cason
at 541-989-9500 for more
information before the sea-
son opens.
Contributed photo
Columnist Rod Carpenter’s son poses with a deer shot with a .243.
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
The little engine that could
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Contributed photo
Mariah Moulton with a buck she killed last year. Eastern Oregon archery hunters will have to
apply for a buck tag in 2021.
Eastern Oregon archery deer hunting
moves to controlled season next year
Blue Mountain Eagle
Archery deer hunting
in Eastern Oregon will
change from a general
season to a controlled sea-
son next year.
The Oregon Fish and
Wildlife
Commission
adopted the 2021 Big
Game Hunting Regula-
From:
tions including changes
to archery deer sea-
son and West Cascade
elk season at a recent
meeting.
The West Cascade elk
any-legal-weapon season
will move three weeks
later to improve hunt qual-
ity, which will also elimi-
nate the seven-day break
during general deer sea-
son in the Cascades.
Commissioners
declined to adopt changes
that would have allowed
big game hunters to use
crossbows during any-
legal-weapon
seasons
(when rifles, bows, hand-
guns and other weapons
are also allowed).
Kenneth Delano
Mount Vernon, OR 97865
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
The Honorable Chuck Shumer, Senate Minority Leader
Subj:
Request for policy input
basin. It’s also given anglers a chance they hav-
en’t had since Ronald Reagan was elected to his
first term as president.
Jeff Yanke was optimistic about this year’s
The first coho fishing season on the Grande
run of Lostine River coho
Ronde since 1980 started
Thursday, Oct. 1.
salmon, but he was still sur-
prised by how many fish
The season will con-
tinue through Nov. 30, or
began battling their way up
until further notice, on the
the Columbia River earlier in
Grande Ronde from the
2020.
Oregon-Washington
bor-
“This year’s return was
Contributed photo/Oregon der upstream to the Grande
frankly really unpredict-
able,” said Yanke, the dis-
Department of Fish and Wildlife Ronde River Road bridge,
trict fish biologist at the Ore- Kyle Bratcher of the Oregon De- about 7 miles above Troy.
gon Department of Fish and partment of Fish and Wildlife
Anglers can keep up to
Wildlife’s Enterprise office. with a Lostine River coho salm- two adult coho — ones longer
This unexpected bounty on trapped at the Lostine weir in than 20 inches — per day, and
has buoyed biologists’ hopes Wallowa County in 2018.
up to five jack coho, shorter
than 20 inches, per day.
about the long-term suc-
cess of their effort to reintro-
Yanke said coho average
duce coho salmon to the Grande Ronde River between 20 and 27 inches.
By Jayson Jacoby
EO Media Group
Dear Congresswoman and Senator:
I am doing personal research on current affairs in the United States and
am hoping to get your inputs on a few questions that keep coming up
during my citizen interviews and discussions:
Most of the small town and rural residents I question do not favor the
violence and destruction happening in our cities (I am closest to Portland
OR and Seattle WA). The liberal administrations at best tolerate the
destruction and at worst seem to support the anarchy. Do you think the
division between the destroyers and builders can be overcome or are we
looking long-term at a Two State Solution?
If the socialists are successful in precipitating a second civil war, what
will the Republic look like post-civil war? You have not denounced
the anarchy and violence so I can only assume you support it. Are you
confident in your chances of success in a modern civil war?
If the US becomes divided, do you have a picture of what you would
suspect the new boundaries and borders will look like?
John Day City Council/Grant County Court
Do you believe a socialist country and a free republic can coexist with
a common border? North and South Korea come to mind. A nation
founded in tyranny and lawlessness may have difficulties if it borders a
Constitutional Republic based on law and order and god given rights.
Do you believe a party that relies on voters who cannot seem to prosper
in this historical land of opportunity can thrive in a new nation where
motivation, preparation and perspiration are held in such distain? Who
will provide the tax money to support the largess necessary to maintain
your voter base. Or do you foresee a dictator, where no opposing ideas
will need to be considered.
Are the astute investors in congress buying Arms and Ammunition stocks
while backing a policy of eliminating police forces? Will all security be up
to the individual?
Will ANTIFA be the backbone of your socialist army when the civil war
begins?
Thank you for assigning a staffer(s) to respond to my locally important
research questions.
I am a Navy Vet who spent 22 precious years pushing back against the
United Soviet Socialist Republic. We took the socialist out of USSR. I and
many others who have seen much of the world are striving to understand
why this country we have loved for so many years is imploding before our
very eyes. I took the same oath you have taken to defend and protect the
Constitution of the United States many times and I have never rescinded
that commitment.
Respectfully Submitted,
P.S. As expected, I got not a word in response.
In the old days, some
suggested that the .243 was
marginal for big deer. Today,
however, we are blessed
with some exceptional bul-
let designs like the Barnes
Triple Shock and the Nosler
Accubond that perform very
well in the .243, making a
solid choice for any deer
hunting.
There are even a few that
recommend it for elk. While
elk have been taken with
the .243, I feel that there are
better tools for that job.
If you are looking for
a go everywhere, do any-
thing, everyday carry rifle
that will handle everything
from mice to mule deer, the
.243 Winchester just might
be exactly what you are
looking for.
What is your favorite
general purpose rifle? Let
us know at shootingthebree-
zebme@gmail.com.
Rod Carpenter is
a husband, father
and hunting fool.
Surprising coho salmon run results
in first chance for anglers since 1980
Aug. 17, 2020
To:
To:
ntroduced to the world
and go with one of the high
in 1955, the .243 Win-
ballistic coefficient bullets at
chester was quickly
105-115 grains.
recognized as a little car-
The .243 may not look
tridge with amazing
as sexy as the new
versatility.
6 Creedmoor or 6
Nothing more
XC, but it is a ballis-
tic twin and compo-
than the .308 Win-
nents are less expen-
chester necked
sive and much easier
down to .243 cali-
ber. It was billed as
to find.
the ideal combina-
What really
Rod
tion varmint-deer
makes the .243 shine
Carpenter
rifle, and it turned
is it’s “shootability.”
out to be just that.
Just about every rifle
With a wide variety of bullet that I have shot has shown
weights from 50 all the way
fine accuracy. As well, the
up to 115 grains, it can be
recoil is mild enough for
tailored to suit many appli-
just about everyone. I don’t
cations. A 55-grain bullet at
care who you are, everyone
3,800 feet per second makes shoots a low-recoiling rifle
a very impressive general
better than a hard kicker. As
varmint round. Jump to a
we all know, bullet place-
ment trumps everything else
75- or 80-grain for coyotes
in cleanly taking game. Not
or if the wind is blowing,
velocity, bullet weight or
and 90- to 100-grain bul-
lets are great for deer and
energy can make up for a
antelope as far as most of us bullet in the wrong place,
should be shooting. If you
and the mild little .243 helps
want to go long range, spin
you put it where it needs to
on a 7.5- or 8-twist barrel
go.
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October 14, 2020
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WORK SESSION ITEMS
I. TRANSIENT LODGING TAX
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2. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS (BROADBAND & STREETS)
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3. GLEASON POOL REPLACEMENT
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