
Dean Bortz: Elk hunting… if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
When I finally grow up I hope I can become a successful elk hunter just like Patrick Durkin and Christine Thomas.
As it stands right now, after – what? – 13 years of trying

When I finally grow up I hope I can become a successful elk hunter just like Patrick Durkin and Christine Thomas.
As it stands right now, after – what? – 13 years of trying

Outdoor users in Minnesota may know Blane Klemek as the northwest region wildlife manager with the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
That job with an emphasis on wildlife and the outdoors certainly fits with how

Especially hunt hot entry and exit corridors leading to and from community scrapes, usually located near current food pantries. Food preferences change quickly, as do movement zones..

Rustling leaves can be deceiving, another squirrel. A stick snapping signals something much heavier. The rhythm in the leaves causes my heart to pound from adrenalin. It has to be a deer approaching. Clutching the

Chuck and I sat listlessly, perched on 5-gallon buckets while guarding a little pothole off the big water where ducks like to settle in for the night. We had tried fishing – unsuccessfully – earlier

A drake wood duck blazed past me as I leaned against an old cottonwood tree that stood alongside a narrow slough in the Mississippi River bottoms of southeastern Minnesota. I shouldered my 12 gauge and

If the vegetation is starting to color up but not yet showing fall’s brightest hues, it’s probably time for bass fishermen to use lures that range medium-deep, according to the writer. The time to go

The older we get, the more cluttered our mind’s memory box becomes. That trophy buck you shot five years ago was actually taken 10 years ago. And the photo of the six anglers standing along

Early October is a great time during the archery season to take a doe where antlerless opportunities are available. That’s what Eric Morken set out to do over the course of two evening hunts recently.<br
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