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September 7, 2024

Commentary: Quality time in the outdoors can’t be measured

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Fishing, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

For nearly 40 years, I’ve tried to shower equal attention and affection on my three daughters, and for the past decade I’ve expanded those efforts to my eight grandchildren.
I don’t keep a log of time spent together, of course. “Quality time” can’t be measured in minutes or hours. Matters of the heart are like that, y’know. And yet we all try to make things fun when planning fishing trips to bluegill holes or hunting trips to turkey woods.

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Gretchen Steele: Pawpaw picking time is a seasonal delight

Blogs, Featured, Illinois, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

“Picking up pawpaws, put ’em in my pocket, save ’em for a rainy day…”

This old children’s folk song often echoes as I wander through the damp, rain-soaked bottomland woods in September. These woods hold fond memories of walking alongside my mother, who would sing the same song as we searched for the sweet scent of ripe pawpaws.

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Don’t make these three mistakes with cell cameras that hunters often make

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

Fifteen years ago, the idea of having a trail camera deliver up-to-the-minute images to your phone was wild. Today, it’s standard. Such is the way of technology, and while it seems as if cell cameras are a step up from the earlier versions of trail cameras, they aren’t without their faults.
Part of this is due to the reality of electronics in the woods, and part of it is due to how we use them.

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Steve Sarley: A regular angler’s thoughts on forward-facing sonar

Featured, Fishing, Illinois, National Fishing, Opinion /

Fishing is truly an ancient art. The Lord’s Disciples were fishermen, weren’t they? Fishing was always a reasonable way to put food on the family dinner table.
It didn’t take much to catch fish. Heck, the legendary Lauri Rapala caught incredible amounts of fish using his namesake lures tied to his fingers. That’s right, he jigged his lures without the use of a rod or reel. Fishing became more and more sophisticated as the generations passed and we are lucky to be reaping the benefits of creative minds who have given us some incredible innovations to use in our sport.

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