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April 13-May 26: Cabela’s Wild Strut’n Turkey Hunting Contest, Owatonna, MN. Minnesota season and area. Prizes awarded at Cabela’s Owatonna. NWTF scoring method used to pick winner. Youth and adult group 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awarded in each group. For

Site Staff April 15, 2005

April 16: Cannon Falls Sportsmens Club Trout Fishing Tournament. Registration 5-7 a.m., the Club House. For more info call Jason, 507-263-2523. April 30-May 1: 7th Annual Great Hunt N Dog Challange, American Heritage Hunt Club.

Eagle nest destroyed; $2,500 reward offered

Site Staff April 15, 2005

Associate Editor Fort Snelling, Minn. — Federal and state enforcement officers are seeking clues that will lead them to the person or persons who cut down a white pine containing a long-used bald eagle nest.

St. Paul — The Minnesota DNR now is accepting applications for the 2005 black bear hunting season. The deadline for bear applications is Friday, May 6. This year’s season will offer 15,950 licenses, available in 11 permit areas, and will run from Sept.

Site Staff April 15, 2005

Applications can be made through the Electronic Licensing System (ELS) and are available from ELS agents throughout the state, plus the DNR License Center in St. Paul. Applications also may be made by calling 1-888-MNLICEN

Arden Hills, Minn. — The Minnesota DNR will hold a firearms auction on Saturday, April 23 at the Minnesota Department of Administration, surplus operations center, 5420 Highway 8, (County Road I and 35W), in Arden Hills. The firearms auction will only b

Site Staff April 15, 2005

A list of the guns being auctioned will be available on the Department of Administration web site www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us. The state auction hotline is (651) 296-1056. The Department of Administration has an online auction for surplus

Statewide

Site Staff April 15, 2005

ALEXANDRIA AREA All lakes are open, and the crappies have just started biting in shallow water. Oscar Lake presently is producing the best numbers on small minnows and bright-colored jigs. Look to the shallow bays

Organizers seek massive follow-up to ducks rally

Site Staff April 15, 2005

Staff Writer St. Paul — Les Jones, executive director of Minnesota Waterfowl Association, received a couple of phone calls in the days after the Ducks, Wetlands, and Clean Water Rally. The callers wanted to know

April 8-10: Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Show, Madison.

Site Staff April 8, 2005

May 21-22: Green County Conservation League Gun Show, Green Co. Fairgrounds, Monroe. Sat. 9-5 p.m., Sun. 9-3 p.m. For more info call 608-897-4030. Sept. 10-11: Commonwealth Sportsmen’s Club Sportsmans Show, Florence County Fairgrounds. For more

April 8-10: Michael’s Landing 7th Annual Spring Walleye Tournament. On Castle Rock Lake – Madatory rules meeting Friday 8 p.m. Fishing April 9, 7-3 p.m. & Sun April 10 7a.m.- 12 noon. For more info call Tammie Hanson, 608-339-9926.

Site Staff April 8, 2005

April 30: 10th Annual Spring Fling Open Bass Tournament, 7-4 p.m.Bayview Lodge, Lake Wisconsin. Contact fishnsimer@aol.com or call 608-429-4433. June 24-26: Western Superior Pro AM Fishing Tournament, Lake Superior. Weigh-in locations: Knife River Harbor, Port

$10 million in bonding bill to buy new WMAs

Site Staff April 8, 2005

Staff Writer St. Paul — Minnesota soon will have thousands more acres of public land for hunting, birding, and other outdoor pursuits. Under an agreement reached last week, the $885.9 million bonding bill includes $10

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