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Pat Miller

Looking back on 40 years on the autumn grouse trail

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

Folks who spend much of their free time outdoors often align their schedules around traditional events. Many anglers set aside the second Saturday of May because that weekend usually pairs with Minnesota’s walleye and northern pike openers.
The second weekend of November also merits special attention because it customarily marks the opening of the state’s firearms deer season. For Pat Welle and me, opening day of the ruffed grouse season is one of those special days of the year.

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Enhanced Minnesota DNR maps expand info for deer hunters on the move

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Locating new places to hunt and recreate, and finding access to those spots can be challenging, especially if someone is making a road trip into unfamiliar territory.
For people seeking those adventures in Minnesota, however, information about potential recreational locations is only a computer click away. Among the folks helping provide that information is Chris Scharenbroich, who is a geographic information system specialist working within the Minnesota DNR wildlife division.

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Following Minnesota’s ducks, one band at a time

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Ciara Stump has cultivated a fascination for waterfowl since she was a youngster dipping her toes in the ponds of southeastern Minnesota near Rochester.
In addition to hunting the birds, the fascination for ducks and geese prompted the graduate of Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School to enter various duck and goose calling contests when she was in her mid-teens. Multi-year stints as an instructor at Woody Camp further enhanced her curiosity of the birds and sparked an interest in a potential career in the outdoors and possibly studying waterfowl.

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Fishing Has No Boundaries removes barriers for disabled anglers

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When Tim Cronemiller was a youngster, he used to join his folks on trips to Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake to take advantage of the hot walleye bite the lake offered during the spring and fall. He looked forward to those fishing excursions and the memories he made during those times on the water.
“I miss those days,” he said. “Both my mom and dad are gone now, they were in their 90s when they passed away, but they are still alive in my heart. Now, I don’t fish very often. I used to fish quite a bit when I was younger but this is the first time I’ve fished in a very long time,” he said.

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Minnesota DNR creel clerk data helps determine whether special regulations are working

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In the current world of Minnesota fisheries lake management, special regulations for specific species can vary among the many different lakes and rivers.
Statewide regulations call for a six-walleye limit with only one over 20 inches. But on Upper Red Lake, for example, this summer’s regulation is five walleyes with only one over 17 inches. While knowing what regulations govern what species on what lake may sound confusing, unending hours of compiling and analyzing data is involved in the special regulations implementation process.

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North-central Minnesota’s Clearwater River a ‘hidden gem’ for rainbows and browns

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Gregg Eckman of Grand Forks knows how to read a trout stream, especially the Clearwater River which winds through the forests and fields about 15 miles northwest of Bemidji.
“The Clearwater River is kind of my home water,” he said. “I grew up about 10 miles north of it and I’ve been fishing it since 1976 or 1977. I caught trout back then and I usually can catch a few trout now.”

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Generations of stewardship: Minnesota DNR leadership evolves, core values don’t

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Ben Bergey and Merlyn Wesloh recently had the opportunity to talk about their DNR career experiences, and they discovered that – even 45 years apart – the similarities far outweighed the differences.
Among the things they have in common is an office in the Minnesota DNR Northwest Region building overlooking the north side of Lake Bemidji.

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The evolution of legendary Minnesota angler John Peterson

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Rivers and lakes are natural attractions for kids of all ages and are especially enticing to youngsters who enjoy toting a fishing rig and worm bucket.
John Peterson of Bemidji, Minn., was one of those kids.
“Like it did for many kids back in the day, my passion for fishing started in the early 1950s when I was 5 years old, when my mother would bring us to a dock on the Mississippi River not too far from our house on the east side of Bemidji,” Peterson recalled.

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Minnesota tribal member hunts to help his band’s elders

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Mike Kornezos believes that helping others is the right thing to do, and this fall the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa member is doing his best to make life easier for his fellow Native American elders.

“When I was a kid, my grandma used to tell us that we must make sure we always take care of the elders. When we hunted rabbits, ducks, deer, or other animals, we must always give some to the elders who can’t hunt themselves,” Kornezos said.

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