Upland Bird Hunting Oregon’s Coast Range: Where to Find Grouse
Upland bird hunting in the Oregon Coast Range means one bird more than any other: grouse. Here’s the honest version. We haven’t logged a dedicated grouse hunt on camera yet. We’ve walked past plenty of birds while scouting deer and elk. We’ve kicked a few up by accident and never once had a shotgun in […]
DIY Elk Hunting in Oregon: Where to Look, How to Get There, and What Gear You Actually Need
DIY elk hunting in Oregon comes down to three things. Know where elk actually hold on public land. Get to them without blowing your cover. Bring the gear for country that punishes the wrong choices. Every year we say the same thing before elk season: this is the year. And every year, elk hunting kicks […]
Where to Trout Fish in Oregon: A Beginner’s Guide
If you’re brand new to fishing in Oregon and just want to know where you can actually catch something without a boat, a guide, or ten years of local knowledge, this is the guide I wish someone had handed me before I spent three straight years catching nothing. Yeah. Three years. Tag soup, but for […]
Willamette River Bass Fishing: The Smallmouth and Largemouth Guide Nobody Has Written Yet
Willamette River bass fishing is one of the most underrated fishing opportunities in Oregon. If you Google “Oregon bass fishing” right now, here is what you will find: Henry Hagg Lake, a few coastal lakes, maybe a paragraph or two about the Willamette River, and then nothing. No tactics, no access points, no actual information […]
E-Scouting for Hunters and Anglers: The Complete OnX and Google Earth Guide
E-scouting for hunters and anglers is the skill most people skip and then wonder why they keep coming home empty. I know this because I skipped it for years. Driving roads, parking in the same pull-off for eight years, hoping something walked out. Or casting the same three spots on the same stretch of river […]
How to Break Down a Clearcut for Oregon Blacktail Deer
Most hunters glance at a clearcut and drive on. Here’s how to actually break one down: the six spots inside every Coast Range clearcut worth glassing, and why most guys never find deer consistently.
Blacktail Deer Hunting: Where to Find Oregon’s Grey Ghosts
Find Columbia blacktail deer in Oregon’s coast range clearcuts and Cascade foothills. E-scouting tips, gear advice, and real stories from Failed Outdoors.
Duck and Coot Showdown and Elk Season Wrap Up
It’s late November and we’re back in the blind for another Road Hunter Podcast hunt. The ducks were slow, but the coots kept things interesting: we ended the morning with 3 coot, 2 ducks, and plenty of laughs. Related: duck blind talk. While we wait on birds, we break down the final days of elk […]
Eastern Oregon Elk Hunt and Eli’s Last-Day Buck Miss | Road Hunter Podcast
Join us in the Eastern Oregon backcountry as we chase elk, glass the ridges, and talk through one of the biggest moments of the season: Eli missing a big buck on the very last day of deer season.In this episode of The Road Hunter Podcast, we break down what happened, what we learned, and how […]
Duck Blind Talk on The Road Hunter Podcast
This duck blind public land sit on Savvi Island turned into an unforgettable hunt. 🦆 We double up on two birds while calling in ducks and swapping stories about the season. As deer season winds down, we talk about shifting gears into elk season: what we’ve learned, what’s next, and why the grind never stops […]