Refreshing changes are in order for more than 300,000 Oregon hunters as fall seasons approach.

Roughly half are either be packing or heading to camp soon for next weekend’s October 4 opening of mule deer seasons, or waiting in anticipation of hunting black-tailed deer without noisy leaves underfoot announcing their approach.

Nothing like a little rainfall to salve the hunter’s soul.

Unlike the heat of the past few seasons, Oregon will enjoy much cooler weather for the opener – and beyond.

Forecasts even suggest a little rainfall in the week ahead, possibly statewide.

But enough has already fallen to allow several public land managers in the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to end restrictions on campfires.

Of course, as always, it’s best to check before heading out o

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