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February 1, 2025

Sport shows on tap across Minnesota, and beyond

It’s that time of year, when a new season of sports shows around the region offers various opportunities for hunters, anglers, and outdoors-types to check out and purchase what they’ll need for the spring and summer months, where they’ll vacation, and much more.

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Mike Schoonveld: Warming up with thoughts of hybrid salmon

As I write this it’s cold and snowy outside and there’s little beyond my office window tempting me to head outdoors.
To pass the time I surfed the Internet, wondering where the next click would lead. I came across a story about a river in British Columbia (the Cowitchan) where biologists found numerous hybrid salmon, the result of natural interbreeding between king and coho salmon. I named them “king-hos” in my mind.

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Passion for muzzleloading? Don’t limit your hunting to deer season

I had just finished gently pulling down the ear flaps of a blaze orange cap to provide additional cover from the frigid January air as a shot opportunity presented itself.
Slowly raising the curved brass buttplate to my shoulder while concurrently cocking the hammer of a Thompson Center percussion lock brought the front fiber optic bead quickly in line with the animal. Moments later, the featherweight set trigger was actuated and an eruption of smoke quickly drifted to give view of the animal solidly collapsing from a hemlock branch down to the snow-covered ground.

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