Spring skies deliver memorable spring goose hunt in South Dakota
John Pollmann
March 29, 2024
To most folks, “March madness” embodies the craziness that is the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Hunting
Minnesota DNR creates two positions to enhance tribal outreach efforts
Tim Spielman
March 28, 2024
In an attempt to improve communications with tribal governments across Minnesota, the state DNR has created two new positions and is now seeking applicants for an Ojibwe relations liaison and a Dakota relations liaison.
Omnibus bills introduced in Minnesota, target budgets unveiled
Brian Mozey
March 27, 2024
The Minnesota Legislature reached its second deadline Friday, March 22, which means omnibus bills start to roll out for the various committees. The Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee finalized the first draft of its
Snowstorm halts goose migration in Upper Midwest, but much-needed moisture may help small wetlands
Tori McCormick
March 27, 2024
A spring snow goose migration thought to be two weeks ahead of schedule has come to a screeching halt, thanks to Mother Nature’s post-winter handiwork.
A multi-day snowstorm and unseasonably low temperatures that settled
Creating another generation of turkey hunters, Part 2: The practice factor and the proper gear
Scott Mackenthun
March 25, 2024
Practice shooting sets the table for a successful turkey hunt with youth. But mentors need to know that there will be ups and downs.
Your kids will learn to battle through gun-shyness and recoil
The Outdoor Steward: Properly transplanting bareroot trees and shrubs this spring and beyond
Christopher Jennings
March 24, 2024
I planted my first bareroot shrub in 2003. Since then, I have planted thousands of bareroot tree and shrub seedlings and transplants. My track record has been pretty good, and most failures could be blamed
If you hunt turkeys in April, you might want to start scouting now
Site Staff
March 24, 2024
The whitetail world is full of strategies that revolve around patterning bucks. The turkey world is different. Most folks head out with a loose plan on where they’ll hunt, and then they let the birds
Cost-share program, Part 3: What the heck is ‘EQIP?’
Ryan Rothstein
March 23, 2024
In the first installment of this series, we discussed identifying habitat goals for a property, and identifying the available budget to implement projects. In Part 2, we explored the Conservation Reserve Program and its many
Ryan Rothstein: No time like the present to prep deer stands
Ryan Rothstein
March 22, 2024
I can tell the past few years have given me some rough off-seasons, because I’ve felt like a recently beheaded chicken scrambling all over the place trying to fit in as much work as humanly
