If you’ve been recreating out at Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon long enough, you may have seen a middle-aged man going up and over Misery Ridge, carrying 20 pounds in his backpack. That tired ...

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Picking the best rifle for any task involves a lot more than simply looking at specs, and that’s especially true for sheep rifles. Hunts for high-country critters like sheep and mountain goats have ...

Talk about a short hunting season: Two days after the backcountry bighorn sheep season opened Sept. 1 in the Gallatin-Yellowstone hunting district, the season was closed.