It appears you have Javascript disabled in your browser. To ensure the best possible experience on Roanoke.com, please enable Javascript, or try using a different browser. Thank you!
Bill Cochran's Outdoors

Check It Out:

The Roanoke Times iPad app has a new look and a few new features. Learn more here .

BILL COCHRAN: New signs Virginia hunters embracing Quality Deer Management

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: National Bobwhite Committee to meet in Roanoke

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

MAILBAG: Reader doesn't see difference in feeding deer and food plots

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Loss of right arm leads to fly-fishing career

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Hunters say Coyotes tough on the deer herd

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

MAILBAG: In praise of Twin Lakes Outfitters

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Let's talk about the impact of largemouth bass virus

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Winners in Bill Cochran Youth Tournament

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Smith Mountain ranks high on list of top bass lakes

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: New name and sponsor for Optimist Fishing Tournament

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

MAILBAG: What’s all that slime in Jennings Creek?

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Spring gobbler season through the eyes of old-timers

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Sequestration to withhold millions from outdoorsmen

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia to get much needed boating access

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Botetourt Longbeards have much to gobble about

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

MAILBAG: More on national forest cutting and Sunday hunting

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Striped bass fishing improving at Smith Mountain, but now is not the time to ease regulations

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: 15-year-old bags third consecutive youth-day gobbler

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

MAILBAG: A campaign for young forest on national forest land

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Turkey hunters want more habitat management

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Gobblers sounding off; hunters counting the days

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

MAILBAG: Trout stocking and fox pens  

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Foxhound training proposals put more emphasis on chase, less on kill

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: John Crews of Salem crashes 100-pound mark in B.A.S.S. event

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

MAILBAG: Complaint on how trout are being stocked

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Meat hunting is forgotten when giant buck appears

Thursday, March 21, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Don't overlook small impoundments when searching for big bass

Thursday, March 21, 2013

MAILBAG: Quickest way to meet boat training requirements is a challenge exam 

Thursday, March 21, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Quail restoration in need of believers and workers (Part II)

Thursday, March 14, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: DGIF has 90-plus pages of proposed hunting regulations for consideration

Thursday, March 14, 2013

MAILBAG: Some deer late shedding their antlers

Thursday, March 14, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia's top quail crusador passionate about bringing back Bob

Thursday, March 7, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Another round in the foxhound training debate

Thursday, March 7, 2013

MAILBAG: It has been a tough winter for saltwater striped bass anglers

Thursday, March 7, 2013

BILL COCHRAN: Virginia's hunting totals produce mixed results

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

FIELD REPORTS: Virginia General Assembly goes soft on outdoor issues

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

MAILBAG: Retelling an old Virginia elk story

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Weather Journal

Some severe storm risk thru Thurs.

23 hours ago

Your news, photos, opinions
Sign up for free daily news by email
LATEST OBITUARIES
LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES
MOST READ
BUY A PHOTO
[BROWSE PHOTOS]