I know it's now been said, but you won't have to go farther than 2-3 hours to kill just about anything you want.

Glad someone posted the picks of the upland game in central OR (Bend is gorgeous BTW) and the Willamette valley (an hour or two south of you. The eastern side of the state (OR and WA) is heavy on agriculture. Plenty of corn, wheat, apple and cherry orchards for game to feed on. Basically you'll have a lot of different environments to hunt in so long as you decide to take advantage of it.

Oh, and sooooo much beer. OR actually has legislation in their state Senate (house unanimously passed it) to name an official state microbe. Brewer's yeast. It would take you a long time to sample all of the different beers made in the Portland area and Willamette valley.

You could make a week trip to NE Idaho and kill mountain lion if you want. That and north central WA to shoot Moose would be the only long trek you'd have to make.

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Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 4/19/13 at 5:53 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo

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You could make a week trip to NE Idaho and kill mountain lion if you want. That and north central WA to shoot Moose would be the only long trek you'd have to make.

He doesn't even need to leave the state for mountain lions, have plenty here. Especially in the NE and SW parts of the state, where the Rocky mountain elk reside (for the most part).

I started a thread about a trail I've hiked where someone spotted a lion staring at him. It was actually in WA but not far from Portland. Anyway, there are deer and elk just outside the city in the woods. Where they are, lions are.

A law was made years ago to outlaw using dogs to hunt em. The population has grown so big ranchers/farmers want to reinstate it.

When we go hike/backpack around Wallowa lake area (NE) Oregon we carry a gun. There have been many spottings.

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