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Ron Hustvedt, Jr.

Another View: Love for Minnesota’s youth waterfowl weekend

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

For the first time since 2019, my son and I did not head out onto a local wetland to partake in last weekend’s Minnesota Youth Waterfowl Weekend. Not for lack of interest, quite the contrary, but simply because he’s now 18 years old and a college freshman launching his pursuit of a natural resources management degree.
In other words, we’re waiting for the Sept. 26 regular opener because the desire to hunt and fish is firmly ingrained. So much so that he’s embarking on a career where protecting, managing, and promoting the outdoors will be his daily bread.

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Winners shine at Game Fair dog events in Minnesota

Hunting, Minnesota, News /

The 45th annual Game Fair once again saw thousands of dogs spend a day with their family outdoors and many participated in the various doggy game events.
Five of those events are championship-qualifying games including the Scurry, Goose Hunt, Obstacle Course, Long Jump (small dog and large dog). Daily winners received a large bag of NutriSource dog food and many returned the final Sunday for the championships.

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The 2026 Minnesota Outdoor News Outdoor Leaders Award recipient: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

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

It started with one conversation at a pint night.
The Minnesota chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA-MN) regularly hosts gatherings around the state to connect with deer hunters about Minnesota’s deer herd and the impact of chronic wasting disease.
“A member said they wanted to clean up some long neglected public land near Grand Rapids and that led to a project,” said BHA-MN Chapter Chair Chance Adams. “We sent out an email inviting people and we had 20 people come out, including some kids and spouses, to spend a few hours on a Saturday picking up 1,500 pounds of trash, old shotgun shells, and spent ammunition.”

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Minnesota Game Fair preview: Danny Suggs breaks barriers, one fishing trip at a time

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

There are few people in the fishing industry who have had as prolific a career as Danny Suggs, a Minneapolis-based guide, television host, executive producer, conservation activist, writer, photographer, fishing tournament director, and a host of other titles.
He’s also been a catalyst with connecting people of color to the sport of fishing and also showing the fishing industry the need for reaching out to people of color.

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British, American Lab traditions converge at Minnesota’s Game Fair 2026

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

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, when the United States separated itself from Great Britain. So it seems like a fitting time to come together on some of the things that separated our nations during that time.
Certainly that founding document never mentioned anything about dogs, and American and British Labs both trace their lineage back to Newfoundland, a British colony, but a century of divergence on opposite sides of the Atlantic shaped them into two distinct types.

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Old school ‘bobsticking’ for deep-water Superior lake trout still works

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Bobsticking is a low-tech, low-cost tactic that’s popular among many lake trout anglers on Lake Superior. It works great for catching lots of eater-sized fish as well as some trophies.
It’s an especially popular tactic in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where “Yoopers” call it a bobstick or gabbus. That name comes from the Finnish word Käppu, which is what anglers in their native land use to probe deep, rocky lakes for lake trout and cod.

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A Minnesotan’s waterfowling life: Remembering legendary wildlife artist David Maass

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“I’ve always liked to draw, even as a little kid, and I was raised in the outdoors. So, put those together, and I guess I was made to become a wildlife artist,” David Maass told this writer for a 2006 interview and Outdoor News article.
We spent several hours chatting about subjects like duck hunting, conservation, and his life and his artwork, at his log cabin studio on the north shore of Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka.

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Here’s how to make sure you’re getting the right shotgun for you

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

Shotgunners looking to purchase their first shotgun or upgrade to a new one from a hand-me-down should consider several factors in their decision.
Outdoor News spoke with Jason Gentz, of Gentz Sporting Arms, at his shotgun exhibit at Game Fair in Ramsey, Minn., and asked him for some helpful insights he uses to get his clients lined up for a shotgun. Gentz is a Minnesota-based fine firearms dealer who takes pride in working with his clients to help them find a shotgun or rifle that they will be happy with for a long time.

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Meet the top dogs from Minnesota’s 2025 Game Fair

Featured, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, News /

The 44th annual Game Fair, held over two weekends (Aug. 8-10 and Aug. 15-17 in Ramsey) saw thousands of dogs enter the front gate and walk the grounds of Game Fair in Ramsey, Minn.
Many of those dogs and their owners participated in the various dog events, including the five championship-qualifying games: the scurry, goose hunt, obstacle course, and long jump (small dog and large dog). Daily winners took home a big bag of Eukanuba dog food and returned the final Sunday for the championships.

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