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C.B. Bylander: A citizen council won’t cure what ails the Minnesota DNR

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

I suspect this is going to be a recurring theme in this publication in the months to come. I base this on three recent op-ed articles.
Dave Zentner, a venerable and articulate outdoorsman, got the ball rolling by penning a piece that asserts that Minnesotans deserve a natural resources citizen advisory council. Surrounding states have them. We should, too. Sarah Strommen, the DNR commissioner, read Dave’s piece and disagreed. She fired off her own prose in early September.

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A Quick Chat about new wild turkey research with Dr. Gabriel Hamer

Home Page News, National Hunting, Quick Chats /

It’s harvest season, and oh what a harvest it will be.

According to the federal government, America’s farmers will pick 16 billion bushels of corn this fall and 4.5 billion bushels of soybean from 173 million acres. The corn harvest is expected to be the second largest in history. The soybean harvest is forecast to be larger than those of recent years. Could a common insecticide that aids crop production be contributing to shrinking wild turkey populations? The National Wild Turkey Federation aims to find out.

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C.B. Bylander: When your hunting dog’s last hunt comes too soon

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

When do you say goodbye to your hunting dog?
I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately because Storm, our 14-year-old black Lab, is not doing well. Sure, from a distance he looks good. His coat remains black as night. Up close, he looks good, too. His caramel-colored eyes are alert and searching. Sometimes they even talk to you.

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C.B. Bylander: What’s the best model for firearms safety training?

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

I went hunting last week but not for game.
Instead, I sought answers. I wanted to know which type of firearms safety training is best. Classroom? Virtual online? A hybrid of both that combines online learning with an actual field day experience? All are common options in America, including Minnesota. I was curious because by now – a good 15 years after online firearms safety training has been common – someone should know the answer, right?

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C.B. Bylander: Fly fishing for crappies is a summer treat

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

Fishing stories rarely start with “I was reading a John Sanford novel in a lounge chair by the lake.”
But this one does. It does because that’s exactly what I was doing this spring when a pesky bluegill kept interrupting my reading by rising to the surface, slurping some poor bug into its gullet and then returning to the depths. The depths, in this instance, totaled about four feet and were located near the end of my dock.

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C.B. Bylander: Quality fishing in Minnesota didn’t happen by accident

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

I caught a nice sturgeon on the Rainy River in Minnesota this spring.
It was no giant. In fact, it was a piker compared to the estimated 165-pounder that new state record holder Travis Keating caught about the same time on the same river. Still, my 54-incher was a dandy. It gave my Ambassador 6000 reel a real workout, and me too. After I released the fish, I wondered who I should thank for my good fortune.

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C.B. Bylander: Minnesota shifting to a smarter approach to walleye stocking

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing, Opinion /

I don’t know how good walleye fishing was back in the 1880s.
But I do know Minnesotans believed it should be better. I say this because by 1887 – just 29 years after statehood – Minnesota had built a state hatchery so walleyes could be reared, trucked, and released into waters deemed ripe for more fish. The state has been doing this ever since, which is 139 years.

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