
Josh Haiar: When it comes to hunting, hard is good
Some lessons stick with you. For me, one of those came from former South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Secretary John Cooper.
Cooper, age 80, has been many things, from a Vietnam veteran and

Some lessons stick with you. For me, one of those came from former South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Secretary John Cooper.
Cooper, age 80, has been many things, from a Vietnam veteran and

Despite a decent spring harvest this year, the fall turkey take dipped by about 30% in Minnesota, with a preliminary total of 1,018, with license sales decreasing by about 9%.
“It’s a little more

Now, that does not mean you cannot rattle in a buck during a gun season. I’ve done it and so have others. In fact, I once rattled in and killed a fine 8-point buck on

Most of the whitetail hunters who pick up a firearm to participate in the general firearms season pin their hopes on opening weekend, and for good reason. Most of the deer that are shot throughout

Every year, when the firearms deer season opens like it did last Saturday, bird-hunting participation across Minnesota plummets.
Indeed, many of the state’s waterfowl, pheasant, and ruffed grouse hunters take to their deer stands,

In February 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would pursue a national gray wolf recovery plan for the species currently protected under the Endangered Species Act across much of the nation, including

Despite snow and wind affecting hunters in some parts of Minnesota during last weekend’s firearms deer opener, harvest is in line with last year, with the potential to surpass 2024’s opening-weekend take, officials say.

The fight to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is far from over.
America’s public lands, waters, and wildlife are facing threats from the current administration and Congress that could irreversibly change our

Lake whitefish are a species of salmonid found in the cold waters of northern Minnesota, and across the upper Great Lakes region. I grew up spearing this cold-water species through the ice in early winter.
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