Javier Serna

Little Falls, Minn. — Bowhunters killed more than twice as many deer during this fall’s two-weekend Camp Ripley archery hunt as they did a year ago. The hunt, held Oct. 19-20 and Oct. 28-29, saw 263 deer harvested, up 132 percent from last year, according to Dr. William Faber, of Central Lakes College (last year’s […]

Roseau, Minn. — Jan Johnson knew there was a big bear around. He just didn’t know how big it was. On Oct. 1, Johnson killed a bear that tipped the scale at 700 pounds near Roseau. He was hunting on his parents’ property. “I knew he was around,” said Johnson, 54. “I’d been after him,

Duluth, Minn. — The five remaining entry points in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness that still employed a lottery system will go to a first-come, first-served system for the 2019 season. That means the upcoming lottery in December will be the last time the system is used for the five popular entry points on

Annandale, Minn. — The line of people hoping to attend a meeting about a controversial proposed aquatic invasive species inspection program was beyond the door of the Annandale Municipal Park Pavilion on Aug. 23. “We’re here primarily for discussion purposes,” Alicia O’Hare, Wright County Soil and Water Conservation District water specialist, told the full house.

Angle Inlet, Minn. — It just got easier for those visiting the Northwest Angle – that northernmost slice of Minnesota that’s landlocked by Manitoba. A federal pilot program launched in recent weeks eliminates some of the hassle in checking back in with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol when Angle visitors step back into Canada. “I

Grand Rapids, Minn. — A general lack of natural food abundance has both DNR area wildlife managers and bear hunting outfitters thinking it should be a good hunting season, as the bear-baiting period opened Friday, Aug. 11. The hunting season opens Sept. 1 and continues through Oct. 15. The quality and quantity of the natural

Waterville, Minn. — A fish virus was discovered for the first time in a wild fish population in Minnesota after thousands of common carp, a non-native species, died during the course of several weeks on Waseca County’s Elysian Lake in southeast Minnesota in late June and into July. Despite early signs that the cause was

Prescott, Wis. — The Xs on Andy Roth’s fly-fishing guide calendar have been accumulating like the rainfall totals in the Driftless Area this summer. At least the big rains that hammered parts of southwest Wisconsin last week – but into southeast Minnesota a bit, too – narrowly missed the two main streams Roth has been

Isle, Minn. — The Minnesota DNR’s top fisheries biologist won’t say what will happen when the three-week walleye-fishing closure ends July 27 for Lake Mille Lacs, but that hasn’t stopped speculation from swirling around the 132,000-acre lake. It’s unclear how close state anglers are to reaching their portion of the 64,000-pound quota, of which they