Fishing

St. Paul – Hunters killed more than 73,000 whitetails during the first three days of the firearms season, but the tally could have been even higher had Mother Nature been cooperative. Instead, she threw sustained

Washington – An image of a single wood duck by Minnesota artist Joe Hautman won top honors in the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The image will appear on the 2012-2013 duck stamp. It

Washington – With Congress’s fledgling “super committee” currently considering major federal deficit reduction, a new coalition of some 1,000 groups and businesses have joined “in urging Congress to consider the economic impacts of the great

Bemidji, Minn. – The number of state duck stamps sold has dropped every year since 2002, and sales last year were the lowest ever. But it looks like the trend won’t last. As of earlier

Grand Rapids, Minn. – All of those acorns on the ground apparently wrought havoc on the state’s bear hunters. Hunters this fall killed 2,115 bears, though officials warn that figure is preliminary and could change

Watson, Minn. – Two tough winters and one wet spring may not have dampened anticipation of the 2011 pheasant-hunting opener, but reports based on August roadside surveys certainly lowered expectations. By most accounts – based

White Bear Lake, Minn. – Water levels in White Bear Lake have rebounded from last year’s record lows, but there remain in some areas of the lake large expanses of exposed lakebed. Some people are