Ice conditions are improving but we still need to be diligent. Fishing is falling in line as well, and the week ahead looks pretty good.
Metro Area Fishing Report – January 4, 2026 – video Read More »
Winter might seem like the perfect time to pick up a new puppy. After all, what else do you have to do for a few months but train some obedience and wait out the spring thaw?
On paper, this might seem like a brilliant idea, but in reality it can be a much bigger challenge than at any other time of the year.
Planning on a new pup this winter? There are some challenges to consider Read More »
This year’s early winter conditions lend themselves to a 1930s hardboiled detective type of story.
The first snow came early in Minnesota this year, and I was as surprised as a turtle coming out of hibernation in December. First, lakes sealed up with ice as clear as a picture window, then were slapped with a snowfall depositing a 6-inch-thick white down comforter across the hard lake surface in some places.
Steve McComas: Winter conditions set the stage for summer in Minnesota lakes Read More »
State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2210 a half-century ago, which opened the door for the first modern-day bighorn sheep hunting season in North Dakota.
The 12 once-in-a-lifetime licenses were issued by lottery and those fortunate to draw were required to be accompanied by a game warden or other Game and Fish Department personnel to make certain each hunter harvested a legal-sized ram.
Remembering the first modern bighorn hunt in North Dakota 50 years later Read More »
The Dec. 10 Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting was filled with approvals of several proposed wildlife rules and scope statements from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for sharp-tailed grouse, waterfowl, turkeys, and elk.
Scott Karel, DNR wildlife regulation policy specialist, explained that the first new rule creates two new harvest zones for sharp-tailed grouse, along with metrics for establishing hunting quotas.
Wisconsin NRB handles sharptail, waterfowl, turkey and elk rules Read More »
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