
Mastering early season duck decoy spreads; a time when less is more
It was better than Christmas morning – opening day of duck hunting. I had just turned 14, and with a few seasons under my belt, I thought I knew it all.
Boy, was I

It was better than Christmas morning – opening day of duck hunting. I had just turned 14, and with a few seasons under my belt, I thought I knew it all.
Boy, was I

Continuing to find some subtle changes in patterns.

The 14,000-acre refuge protects wildlife habitat and provides outdoors recreation. It’ll host a public birthday bash on Sept. 26

Over the course of our three-months-plus bowhunting season, seeing just one wall-hanger buck can be cause for celebration. Trophy proportioned bucks are careful critters that use hunter’s missteps to avoid ending up on buck poles.<br

The Minnesota DNR celebrated the 75th anniversary of the state’s wildlife management area (WMA) system, inviting past leaders to celebrate their combined efforts throughout the decades.
The celebration was held at one of Minnesota’s

When do you say goodbye to your hunting dog?
I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately because Storm, our 14-year-old black Lab, is not doing well. Sure, from a distance he looks good.

Driving home at dusk after a quick scouting mission on Sept. 7, a huge buck and another younger buck made their way across the gravel road a few hundred yards in front of the truck.<br

Some of my most-treasured memories are of hunting and fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – and of fillets frying in the pan, of venison tenderloins on the fire grate. Like every Minnesotan,

For the first time since 2019, my son and I did not head out onto a local wetland to partake in last weekend’s Minnesota Youth Waterfowl Weekend. Not for lack of interest, quite the contrary,
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