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Staff Writer Ray, Minn – It’s tough to assess a bear season after just a couple days, but if early reports are any indication, this year looks to be much more productive than the previous

LAKE MILLE LACS Muskie reports from the north end of the lake are encouraging. The defined weed edges and points are worth working with bucktails, crankbaits, and topwater presentations. There’s been a better evening walleye

Contributing Writer Minnesota’s rabbit hunt begins Sept. 13, and according to surveys of hunters, snowshoe hares and cottontail rabbits are abundant. Combined harvests of hares and rabbits per hunter last year averaged between four and

Counts indicate 65-percent increase in ringneck numbers By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Madelia, Minn. With the pheasant opener in Minnesota just a month away, wildlife officials in Minnesota are predicting an improved harvest, based on

The state’s duck season runs Sept. 27-Nov. 25. The proposed daily duck limit is six, and may not include more than four mallards (of which two may be hens), three scaup, two wood ducks, two

Visitors will be admitted free to the park that day. Special interpretive programs will be held throughout thee park, with a focus on wetlands. For more information, call the park at (320) 354-2055, or visit

Madison Wisconsin’s first mourning dove season is set to begin as planned following the state Supreme Court’s denial of a request from an opposition group to temporarily stop the hunt. The decision means the mourning

Feb. 6-8, 2004: Milwaukee Musky Expo, Reuters Show Productions, LLC, State Fair Park. For more info call Douglas Reuter, 608-833-6955 or check out www.muskyexpo.com

ALEXANDRIA AREA The Le Homme Dieu Chain of Lakes is worth trying for crappies in 18 to 20 feet of water. Many smaller lakes such as Cowdry, Irene, Louise, and Mill are other good choices