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May 19: The Bow Benders Archery Club (Mankato) will host a Bow Fishing Shoot. For info call 507-243-3308. June 22-23: The Bow Benders Archery Club (Mankato) will host a 3D Shoot from on the Jefferson/German Lake Chain. Call Shane at 507-625-7897 for info.

Smalley, who has been the boating safety specialist for the DNR since 1984, has made a mark on boating safety, not only in Minnesota, but nationally and even in Canada. “Tim’s expertise has been tapped over the years by various water safety organizations,” said Kim Elverum, DNR Boat and Water Safety Program administrator. “I was

No elk hunt this year DNR Reports St. Paul Moose hunting will resume in northeastern Minnesota this fall for the first time since 1999, according to the DNR. The 2000 northeast Minnesota moose hunt was canceled as an efficiency measure during a time of budget and staff shortages. The northwest moose hunt has been closed

St. Paul While the Minnesota Twins and public education make legislative headlines, the freshwater mussel whose situation is perhaps even more critical in this state continues to fight for funding. More aptly, the Ecological Services Division of the Minnesota DNR is attempting to secure funding to continue its Mussel Resource Survey, which is two years

Eau Claire, Wis. A 400-pound male bear that ambled into Eau Claire the evening of April 20, eventually winding up at the Midelfort/Mayo Clinic off Clairemont Ave., has been moved and released. The bear walked through backyards apparently unable to find a way back to the forest south of town. After wandering behind houses it

Contributing Editor “Get a bird?” asked B.J. Will, as I checked out of the Blue Roof Motel in Durand. “Not yet,” I admitted. “The guy in Number 10 got a 23-pounder yesterday, and his wife shot a 25-pound something-ouncer this morning,” she said. Champion turkey call carver Dave Constantine’s wife Nancy also shot a tom

June 9: Women in the Outdoors – Door Dusters, is holding a Women’s Outdoor Educational Program at the Luxemburg Sportsmen’s Club from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Patti at 920-825-7598 for details.

Special buck applications are due by May 11 and all elk applications must be postmarked on or before Friday, May 18. Also available now are applications for nonresident small game and paddlefish. Resident archery deer, East River archery antelope and all bighorn sheep and mountain goat applications are due no later than Friday, June 1.

One of the biggest Mille Lacs ice fishing stories of the 2000-2001 winter has been the nice size of perch in the angler catch. Reports from around the lake following several weeks of ice fishing were that plenty of perch were good-sized often between 10 and 12 inches, with larger big bellied females not uncommon.