
Backyard and Beyond: Bears enjoying the water
This is the season when black bears gorge themselves on wild foods (and anything else they can find) to put on fat to carry them through their long winter sleep. Three recent photos sent by

This is the season when black bears gorge themselves on wild foods (and anything else they can find) to put on fat to carry them through their long winter sleep. Three recent photos sent by

A ton of fish to be had – definitely a multi-species bite.

By the time I found the big doe, it was well past dark. Stars were shining brightly and the only sound was the occasional bark of a farm dog in the distance.
Tracking

I have seen some interesting lake-related phenomena during the past 40 years. Here are a few examples. More than once I’ve witnessed a northern pike with at least half their body completely vertical, out of

With fewer than 20 days remaining in the 2025 black bear season (it ends Oct. 12), the Minnesota DNR’s large carnivore specialist, Dan Stark, said that the number harvested will likely top out around 2,500

Hunters don’t need reminders of who we are and have always been: the first defenders of wildlife. Teddy Roosevelt and our forebears didn’t save America’s wildlife by accident. They drew a bold, unbreakable line between

Hunters may participate in an early antlerless-only deer season from Thursday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 19. The season increases opportunities for hunters in deer permit areas where deer populations are above population goals.

The ruffed grouse report after a week-plus of hunting is short and sweet. Since the heat has lingered a bit longer than normal at the start of the grouse season on Sept. 13, there hasn’t

Public land is generally considered the most difficult type of ground to hunt, and for good reason. The more of us who are out there trying to kill deer, the more the deer are going
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