MN Daily Update: Be prepared with different baits for spring crappies
Tim Lesmeister learned the importance of being prepared with multiple
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April 12, 2024
Minnesota DNR creates new bear permit area, opens permit lottery
Bear Permit Area 53 will be a new area outlining the Fond du Lac Band reservation
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Spring turkeys: Time to battle with a worthy adversary, no matter how dumb they seem sometimes
How can something so seemingly crafty sometimes be so dumb?
That’s the charming paradox of the wild turkey: as dumb as the proverbial box of rocks and so thick we call a foolish, inept, or dimwitted person a “turkey.” Then it shifts gears in spring to become a formidable quarry.
Pen-rearing projects boost salmon stocking in New York
For over 25 years, pen rearing projects for salmon and trout have been implemented in Lake Ontario to help the stocking efforts of New York DEC’s Bureau of Fisheries. In 2024, there are nine cooperative pen-rearing projects in the basin, including nearly 823,000 Chinook salmon and over 70,000 steelhead.
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WI Daily Update: Be prepared with different baits for spring crappies
Tim Lesmeister learned the importance of being prepared with multiple
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With snow gone, it’s time to spring into deer scouting
A few years ago, during spring, I was tramping through some bottomland with my yellow Lab, Daisy.
As we walked a piece of high ground surrounded by a bottomland bog, Daisy, as a good hunting dog should, was about two-thirds of a gunshot length in front of me and was nosing through the grass for a pheasant. Stepping gingerly through the matted-down grass, I felt something push into the back of my calf, creating a dull stabbing kind of pain.
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Tom Venesky: A few takeaways from mentored youth trout day in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s trout season has changed quite a bit since my childhood.
Back then, there was one opening day for all ages, and real estate along a stocked stream or lake was a precious commodity. It didn’t matter how old or young you were, if you wanted space to cast along a prime hole, you had to be willing to bump elbows and make room. While the memories are good, trout season back then was a rather intense affair.
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