CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — At 8 a.m. on a Friday in late November, troopers from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division parked off Highway 26 in the Clatsop State Forest, among the mountains ...

MEHAMA — The large branch-antlered bull elk facing state trooper Adam Turnbo slowly shook its head from side to side. “‘Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!’ That’s what he’s saying,” said Turnbo, laughing as he ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – Some of Oregon’s more seasoned elk poachers have learned to sidestep getting caught in a backwoods wildlife-enforcement-decoy sting by following the mantra, “If it ain’t movin’, we ain ...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game uses artificially simulated animals, or decoys, in areas where illegal or unethical hunter behavior has been reported. An operation Nov. 5 west of Ketchum ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Elk decoy stings set up on consecutive weekends earlier this month in northern Idaho have bagged about 15 poachers, an official said. The decoy caught "more people than we ...