
Metro Area Fishing Report – August 24, 2025 – video
The summer-ish patterns are still in full swing.

The summer-ish patterns are still in full swing.

Thirty years ago, you could tune into outdoor programming and if there was a whitetail hunting episode on, there was a good chance it was filmed in Texas.
There was also a good chance

In the cold of February, a bird was found dead on the sidewalk of Philadelphia, killed after colliding with a building window. It was an American woodcock, or timberdoodle – an iconic game bird of

Summer is fading fast, and that’s fine with me. I don’t have the same passion for angling that I do for bird hunting, so when fall draws near, I concentrate on wingshooting gear and skills.<br

One bird is small, acrobatic and creates the illusion they can fly like the wind – at speeds exceeding 50 mph. The other is large (body and wingspan), migrates in a V-shaped formation, and almost

John Devney doesn’t remember a lot about his early-teen years, but he does vividly recall one moment with stunning clarity: the early October morning he shot his first duck.
He was 12 years old.

In South Dakota, where more than 80% of land is privately owned, access can be a limiting factor for hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts if enough acres are not enrolled in a public access program.

The Minnesota 4-H shooting sports and wildlife program teaches young students how to shoot BB guns, bows, air rifles and pistols, .22 rifles and pistols, muzzleloaders, and shotguns. The program is a University of Minnesota

I first met Jeff Broberg at a Minnesota DNR watershed confab and barbecue in southeastern Minnesota in the early 2000s. He was there representing the Minnesota Trout Association. He made a lasting impression.
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