
Metro Area Fishing Report – March 8, 2026 – video
What a change a week brings – like a complete 180 from just days ago. Most of it has to do with weather and ice (access/shoreline) conditions, but the fishing is really good.

What a change a week brings – like a complete 180 from just days ago. Most of it has to do with weather and ice (access/shoreline) conditions, but the fishing is really good.

“Deer and other wildlife know the difference between ‘low grade hamburger’ and ‘prime ribeye,’ ” J. Wayne Fears said. “Your food plots need to be prime ribeye to attract and hold critters.”
Many people

Tiny predators fascinate me. These mini but mighty critters, such as elf owls, short-tailed shrews, and American kestrels are small in stature but survive by preying on smaller animals. Their ability to capture, neutralize, and

Recently, I was listening to a news report about movies and sound design. The reporter was interviewing a sound engineer, Al Nelson, about the 2025 movie race-car film F1: The Movie with Brad Pitt.

So you were walking the aisles of the recent Pheasant Fest event and you couldn’t help yourself. You asked a fellow upland bird hunter: What’s the best ring-necked pheasant hunting gun?
In my opinion,

Before kicking off this inaugural column, a little about myself: I was born and raised in Ohio and moved to Minnesota after college, planning to stay just one year. Fifteen years later, I’m still here,

If you plan to live a hunter’s life, you’ll need to invest in some gear. But not too much!
As Americans, we are inundated with gadgets. If legs, arms, hands, and eyes can do

From 2021 to 2023, the Minnesota DNR, Minnesota Department of Health, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency tested white-tailed deer that live on or around sites with possible PFAS contaminants to discover if so-called “forever

A buddy sent me a link to a story that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly back in January.
Titled “Eat More Deer – America is letting good meat go to waste,” the piece advocated
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