August 9, 2002

July 27-Aug. 4: 20th Annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament. Call Pier 42 Marina for more info at 920-487-3244. Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail schedule. Team bass fishing format. For more info call Mark Schutz 763-566-9141, July 6: Mille Lacs Aug. 3: Minnetonka Aug. 17: Minnetonka Open Sept. 7: Guy Gal Tournament, Lake Sylvia Twin […]

Aug. 24-25: Zumbro Valley Arms Collection Annual Gun Show at Graham Arena West of Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester, Sat: 9-5 p.m.; Sun: 9-3 p.m. For more info call 507-289-2520 (days) or 507-529-0903 after 8 p.m. Minnesota Firearms Exchange Quality Sporting Shows schedule below. For more info call Steve Petersen at 763-434-7269. July 6-7: Moorhead

Seminars are ongoing throughout the event; seminar speakers and topics include Daryl Cooper and puppy training; Outdoor News’ own “Tackle Terry” Tuma and fall fishing; and Ken Nordberg with secrets for trophy deer hunting. There will be a youth duck calling contest and more than 200 vendors will be peddling their wares. Show hours are

Almost 4 million pounds released through July 31 By Rob Drieslein Editor Isle, Minn. A meeting of the minds regarding fisheries management on Lake Mille Lacs last Friday produced “nothing conclusive,” according to the state representative who hosted the meeting. Rep. Bill Haas, R-Champlin, along with fishing author and freelance fisheries biologist Dick Sternberg, organized

There were .75 drums per stop in 2002 vs. .93 in 2001. The largest decrease was in the southwest part of the state. Officials say the results are in line with the 10-year ruffed grouse cycle, which peaked in 1999. The ruffed grouse season runs this year in Wisconsin from Sept. 14 through Dec. 31

DNR offers early retirement option By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul In an effort to spare the jobs of newer DNR employees and limit “bumping” in the wake of budget-related layoffs, the state DNR has offered an early retirement package to eligible employees subject to layoff. “This is very specifically geared toward employees that

Associated Press Wausau, Wis. The deaths of three outdoorsmen from brain-destroying illnesses are under investigation by medical experts who want to know whether chronic wasting disease, an affliction in wild game from the Rocky Mountains to the Upper Midwest, has crossed from animals into humans, just as mad cow disease did in Europe. The men

I suppose it is possible I could hunt well without a gun dog, but I doubt it. Have you ever followed a spaniel through the tangles of a woodcock covert, watched it drawn to the hidden bird like iron filings to a magnet? Seen a pointer so rigid in attention that an earthquake would warrant

“He said he has no plans to leave and has no other job waiting,” Stauffer said Tuesday. “I think that’s pretty clear as to the status of things right now.” Garber was appointed by Gov. Jesse Ventura to run the DNR four years ago. Ventura is not seeking another term as governor this fall.