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An American phenomenon: prime August and September bass fishing techniques
As summer transitions into fall, consider your complete fishing repertoire to up your hook-setting odds with lunker largemouth or smallmouth.
Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs and Collars – Aug. 11, 2017
District 1 – Baudette area CO Eric Benjamin (Warroad) worked OHV, boat and water safety, and angling enforcement. Lake of the Woods anglers: You may not possess a Minnesota limit of walleye/sauger in combination with

Artists can submit designs for Minnesota waterfowl stamp
Wildlife artists can submit entries for the 2018 Minnesota Migratory Waterfowl Stamp contest from Monday, Aug. 21, through 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. The waterfowl stamp validation for hunting is $7.50 and for an extra

Applications open for Minnesota prairie chicken hunt lottery
Hunters can apply through Friday, Aug. 18, to be chosen for one of 125 permits for the 2017 Minnesota prairie chicken hunting season. The nine-day prairie chicken season begins Saturday, Sept. 30, and is open

Summer fishing tips: Locating schooling smallmouths
When it comes to finding late-summer bronzebacks, think rocky structure, vary your lures, and prepare to cover some water.

In Vermont, successful bear hunters to aid wildlife research (video)
Hunters who harvest bears are required to submit bear teeth, which are used to determine the ages of bears, and wildlife biologists use age and sex data to estimate the number of bears in Vermont

In North Dakota, plotting out a PLOTS guide
The State Game and Fish Department recently posted the 2017 version of the North Dakota Private Land Open to Sportsmen, or PLOTS, guide to its website. In addition to the updated maps showing PLOTS acres

Illinois DNR sets waterfowl dates, bag limits
This year, Illinois will open the regular duck, Canada goose, and snow goose seasons on Oct. 21.

South Dakota chapter chairman named Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — Willie Gloe, chairman of the Fowled Up Chapter in Pierre, S.D., is Delta Waterfowl’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year. He bested a field of seven finalists during a month-long, online vote.