January 11, 2002

The show includes outdoors seminars and product exhibitors. There’s also the “Hawg Trough,” featuring monster bass. Hunters can try out the Laser Shot Hunting Simulator. Show hours are noon to 10 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $7.50 for adults, […]

Jan. 12: Cass Lake Chamber of Commerce Fishing/Spearing Contest on Cass Lake from 7 a.m to 4 p.m. For more info call Dan Evans at 800-356-8615. Jan. 19: Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza from 12-3 p.m. on Gull Lake. For more info call 800-950-9461 or visit the website at www.icefishing.org to order your tickets.

Jan. 19: 3rd Annual Winona/Root River Pheasants Forever Chapter 242 Banquet at the Elks Club in Winona and begins at 5:30 p.m. Call Tom Casperson at 507-454-4523 for more info. Feb. 2: Byron Sportsmen & Conservation Club Wild Game Feed fundraiser. For more info contact Dean Hoglund, 2017 37th St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901. Feb.

This year, 3,164 parties applied for 182 “once-in-a-lifetime” state permits. State-licensed hunters killed 108 bulls and 17 cows, for a party success rate of 69 percent. The ratio of bulls to cows harvested was almost 6.4 to 1, the highest ever recorded for northeastern Minnesota. The average antler spread of 42.5 inches was more than

Jan. 10 – Mar. 14: Fire Arms Safety Class on Thursday nights at the VFW Post 6992 in Sauk Rapids. For more info call Marv Hartneck at 320-253-1515. Jan. 25 – 27: National Archery Assoc. Level II Instructor Course at the MN Shooting Sports Education Center (MSSEC). The course is designed to certify instructors to

Consider the case of the Yawkey mine pit near Crosby. The DNR decided the 14-acre pit with a maximum depth of 143 feet would be a great place to establish a rainbow trout population. During a stocking operation in 1982 the stockers noticed that some of the fingerling trout heading for the depths had forked

Loss of water quality has contributed to a decline in waterfowl using the area, officials say. Carp also are to blame for loss of aquatic vegetation, according to Jeanine Vorland, DNR area wildlife manager. Those who’d like to comment on the rehabilitation plan but cannot attend the meeting may call Vorland at (507) 455-5841.