Hunting
Options limited in final days of state duck hunt
Late Canada goose prospects bright By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Rochester, Minn. — These are the good times for the so-called “river rats” of southeastern Minnesota – those that chase the big greenheads on Mississippi
This fall’s deer kill still far short of 2004 tally
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – The state’s deer herd is estimated to be at record levels in many areas, but that doesn’t mean hunters are running into deer around every tree.
A plague of baiters
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Even youths have been caught up in the web of increasing illegal deer baiting Aurora, Minn. – When Minnesota DNR conservation officer Mark Fredin received a tip about illegal deer
Muskie group challenges 69-11 world record fish
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor Hayward, Wis. – When you’re on top, you’ll likely have someone shooting for you. A muskie caught more than 50 years ago is no exception. A group that calls itself
Opener hunters kill about 100,000 deer
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Perham, Minn. – Though Gov. Tim Pawlenty saw a doe and a fawn opening morning of deer hunting, he admitted to getting ‘buck fever’ and wound up not shooting anything.
LCMR advisory group seeking public input
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – A task force that’s evaluating the way conservation projects in the state are funded is looking for input. The Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Advisory Task
Evansville woman killed in deer hunting accident
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Ashby, Minn. – For the first time in two years, a Minnesota hunter has died as a result of a hunting accident. Shelley Denece Burgess, 48, of Evansville was killed
Bears have hankerin’ for the power poles
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Bigfork, Minn. – Berries, nuts, and human garbage, it turns out, aren’t the only things that attract bears. In Bigfork, located north of Grand Rapids and east of Red Lake,
