While the rest of Minnesota walked the grass for pheasants last weekend, I roamed the woods. Though I dearly love chasing roosters, my decision to miss what was ballyhooed as the best opener in 40 years was carefully considered. Ultimately, it made more sense to stay home. I hunt pheasants on public land and don’t […]
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By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – In the late 1980s, when huge numbers of gypsy moths infested state game lands in central Pennsylvania, Game Commis-sion officials chose to do nothing as the caterpillars ate their way through oak-dominated forests. Two decades later – after thousands of oaks died from the repeated defoliation and the economically
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By Bill Parker Editor Lansing – Michigan’s outdoors community lost a staunch supporter on Oct. 9 when Sam Washington passed away. Washington, the immediate past executive director of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, passed away at his home in West Bloomfield. He was 60 years old. ‘It’s a big loss for conservation,’ said Tony Hansen,
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By Dave Golowenski Contributing Writer Edgerton, Ohio – The near-calamity at Fish Creek turned out to be a 14-year saga with an uplifting ending. ‘There wasn’t any real lasting effect,’ said Ed Lewis, a fish biologist with the DNR Division of Wildlife. ‘It turned out to be a good opportunity to see what can happen
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St. Paul – A federal bill whose aim is to protect waters and wetlands, according to its author, Minnesota Rep. Jim Oberstar, is gaining the attention of opponents, including former state Sen. Bob Lessard. Lessard, currently a consultant for the state DNR, spoke out against the Clean Water Restoration Act this week, his primary contention
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Baudette, Minn. – To those anglers who will fish Lake of the Woods this winter: Remember to bring plenty of bait. That’s because there’s an unusually large number of small sauger in the lake, according to an annual fall assessment the DNR completed recently. “This is the strongest sauger year-class we’ve had in a long
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Erie anglers’ boat may have been hit by a barge By Frank HincheyContributing Writer Kelleys Island, Ohio – Federal and state watercraft investigators have yet to determine whether a Lake Erie tug and barge struck a pleasure craft with three fishermen aboard during the Labor Day weekend. ‘It is extremely rare when we have a
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Madelia, Minn. – The number of turkeys harvested in the fall has fallen for three consecutive years since 2003, but hunters this year are on track to kill more birds than they have the past two years. During the first fall wild turkey season – Oct. 17-21 – hunters killed 386 birds, which is up
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