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Ryan Rothstein

Ryan Rothstein: An oversized, tight-lipped tom seems destined to rewrite the usual playbook

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

If I have it my way, by the time you read this, I’ll have punched my turkey tag. As it is, I’m ruminating on a gobbler that has me intrigued, and I don’t know that I have a great plan to get close to him.
I typically hunt Minnesota’s Season A unless we are still piled up with snow. Occasionally, I’ll slip into Season B. But rarely do I go much beyond that because I just prefer early season turkey hunting. Well, prior commitments and weather are not playing nice for me this year, so I’m staring down the third season as my go-to plan.

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Ryan Rothstein: Make the most of your spring whitetail scouting window

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

It’s always amazing how quickly the world shifts into high gear as winter lets go. After being cooped up inside for several months, everything starts all at once and suddenly we find ourselves getting pulled in a hundred different directions.
It’s easy to overlook whitetails right now with everything else coming at you, but your 2026 deer season could easily hinge on your late April scouting.

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Ryan Rothstein: Passing on outdoor traditions is more important than ever

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

It’s important to me to put my money where my mouth is. I preach the gospel of habitat from any stump I can find, but it’s more important to put those words into practice. I’m fortunate that I can access private land, which invokes an even greater responsibility to care for the land.
It’s difficult to find many pieces of land that don’t bear the scars of American “progress.” If there’s an upside, there is a metric boatload of habitat restoration opportunity on the landscape.

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Ryan Rothstein: Finding the guts to solve Minnesota’s duck dilemma

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

You’re no doubt aware that there’s to be a Duck Summit in Minnesota March 27-28. It all stemmed from a commentary from the Old Duck Managers Group in Outdoor News last summer. In it, they sounded the alarm on declining duck harvest and disappearing ducks in our once-envied waterfowling state.
This group struck a nerve, and it’s culminating in the organized meeting. Not for no reason, the summit will be held next door to the fabled Swan Lake in Nicollet. Pardon my cynicism, but I’m worried about what this summit will accomplish.

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Ryan Rothstein: A grab bag of late-winter outdoors observations from Minnesota

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

I’m sure this isn’t unique to Minnesota, but I can’t help but notice as I get older how many “contentious” deer regulation changes we’ve had in our state over the past 20 years.
We saw antler-point restrictions come and go, and many deer hunters were sure these would be the death of our entire hunting tradition. Spoiler alert – that didn’t happen. To this day, the one that takes the cake for me was the drawn-out battle about scopes on muzzleloaders.

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Ryan Rothstein: Don’t underestimate the power of good deer moms

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

In my last column, I wrote a bit about a unique doe that I’ve been following for the past four years. She’s got a split left ear that you can’t miss, and she’s been a fun gal to follow ever since I first noticed it. She’s at least 5.5 years old based on my history with her, but she could easily be older.
She’s been an interesting case study. After all, how many does are unique enough that you can truly be sure they are the same animal?

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Ryan Rothstein: Are we shooting too many bucks? Few Minnesota hunters want to shoot does

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

There’s a doe on my main hunting property that brings a smile to my face every time I see her.
She’s definitely been around for at least four years, but you wouldn’t know how old she is just by looking at her. She’s a solid-sized animal, but not massive. She mostly blends in with the rest of the adult does. How do I know it’s the same deer?

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Ryan Rothstein: ’Tis the season for browse work in the woodlot

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

I can’t quite get a bead on this Minnesota winter. When it roared in over Thanksgiving weekend, I got a pit in my stomach. I was sure we were in for a crusher. Another half-foot of snow piled on, and that was all the proof I needed.
It got cold – real cold – and I wasn’t surprised, but I was starting to brace myself for the carcasses I’d find come spring. Then it stopped. The sun came out, the snowpack settled, and things didn’t seem so bad.

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Ryan Rothstein: Alone for one final hunt in Nebraska, and thoughts of gratitude

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

While I’m not one to jump for joy at New Year’s, 2025 closed differently from most in my world. It ended in Nebraska, ringing in the new year alone in a motel room.
I had already been to Nebraska twice last fall, and the second time around, my truck decided it would be great for the transmission to fail while I was some 500-plus miles from home. These things are simply part of the game when it comes to long-distance hunting.

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