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Austin holds its own in only second year of program
The Austin High School trap club, in only its second spring season, has been able to compete in perhaps the toughest conference in the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League.

Rite of late spring: whitetail fawn-drop 2014
Like clockwork: Freshly dropped white-tailed deer fawns are everywhere in mid-June, which is exactly how Mother Nature intended it to be.

Mining company’s bid for state land is a tough sell
Proposed sale of state land by DNR raises concerns from conservationists.

Turkey hunting adventures continue as Outdoor News ‘agent in the outdoors’ travels from Wisconsin to New York
Turkeys in NY’s Chautauqua area just as tough, if not tougher, than Wisconsin birds

Largest hunter-taken grizzly enters Boone and Crockett recordbook
The big bruin, taken in 2013 near Fairbanks, Alaska, by hunter Larry Fitzgerald scored 27-6/16 and narrowly missed world record.

Long-rodding a drop-shot rig for bluff-country stream trout
Successful June trip for rainbows, browns, and brookies employs 14-foot crappie rod, small spinning reel, and 6-pound-test fluorocarbon line.

Tournaments and social media
Niagara events give back to the anglers and fishery

Making Take-A-Kid Fishing Weekend more than an annual event
Recipe for youth angling success: Find water, chuck a lure into it, retrieve, and see what happens. Repeat as needed. Keep it fun.

Segment on Ron Schara’s program urges support for Land and Water Conservation Fund
Speaking of Schara, congratulations on 20-year broadcast anniversary(!), and speaking of video, Outdoor News editor appears on National Geographic Channel’s new program The Savage Line.