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Steve Carney: A Minnesota duck update, and a bad experience in the deer blind

Features, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

I recently spent an afternoon in a ground blind I set up last August. I was anticipating some deer-hunting action on this perfect late afternoon.
After an hour or so in the blind, I heard some sporadic rifle shots to my north. It didn’t sound like target practice, but rather someone probably hunting squirrels or rabbits. The sixth shot I heard came right over my ground blind, and I heard the leaves above me scatter.

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Steve Carney: The great doe stare-down, and a pulley assist for the truck bed

Features, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

I hated the ladder stand the minute I climbed into it. It’s a double-wide, two-person stand that’s on a single tree. The bottom line: I was uncomfortable because I looked like a human billboard.
And then it happened. A huge doe stepped out of the poplars at 225 yards and busted me right away. She looked left and started toward me from at least two football fields away.

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Mid-October bowhunts: Morning or evening?

Features, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

The early bow season has started out fairly well with lots of deer on the move. I’ve suffered through some really hot evenings on stand, but now the weather has turned, which means more deer movement and some pre-rut activity is on the way.
But do I hunt during the morning or evening? This is an interesting question, often debated among archers. Some of them hunt mornings only because of work conflicts, while others prefer evenings.

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Steve Carney: Minnesota duck season begins with a whimper, and some early archery success

Features, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

My second hunt location this season was on a private slough in the heart of so-called duck country in the northwest, and the results were the same: poor. This beautiful slough was not hunted on opening weekend, so we assumed there would be a buildup of birds when we arrived.

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Steve Carney: Ways to beat the heat during early archery deer sits, and a turkey vulture assist

Features, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting /

The early bow season in Minnesota brought with it a real “sweat-fest.” The cooler weather for deer hunting has been welcome.
The challenge of toughing out 80-degree evening sits can be real early in the deer season. Here are some thoughts on staying somewhat cool.

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Steve Carney: With the Ned rig, like all baits, there’s some good, some bad

Featured, Features, Fishing, Minnesota, National Fishing /

When you hang around a group of bass anglers, the talk frequently turns to the Ned rig. I often have clients who ask to fish the rig, but I must tell them that I have not exactly fallen in love with this style of bait. I’ve had good days and bad days with it.
At first glance, the Ned rig looks almost comical and, honestly, too simple. But there is a time and place for this bait.

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Steve Carney: Take time to slow down and fish a river

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

Small river systems are easy to read, and just the other day I caught a variety of species, from walleyes to bass to perch and bullheads – all by hovering my boat in the gentle current and pitching baits to fishy-looking areas. I concentrated on current breaks and under bridge abutments.

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