My spring gobbler tag – this was in the days of being able to purchase a second tag – was unfilled as two mature gobblers and their hens strolled through the opposite end of the yard where we were ...

John Day resident Mike Slinkard, who has been in the outdoor-gear business for two decades, is proud to report that more and more hunters are convinced his newest product isn't just a gimmick.

Mike Slinkard was born and raised in John Day, and like most of his peers he went straight from high school to a job in the woods. Those jobs didn’t last. Rather than cling to what was left of the ...