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Western Minnesota offers enough spring snow geese for the DIY hunter
Not every waterfowler has the good fortune to live along a snow goose migration route. But every spring, the sounds of first pairs of Canada geese are heard in our area of western Minnesota. That’s

Oak Duke: There’s something special about fooling trout on your own flies
The yellow school bus dropped off three little kids in front of their dirt road leading to the old unpainted farmhouse up the hill. The kids, with metal lunch boxes, clutching papers, dreaded the end,

Good poult production in recent years expected to set up a good turkey season in Ohio
A bit more than 15,000 turkey hunters will likely be successful in Ohio this spring, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.
The season kicks off in the South Zone, which encompasses most of

Pennsylvania’s Carbon County land deal brings hunting land access concerns
A high ranking official with the Pennsylvania Game Commission promised that hunters won’t lose out in a potential land deal with another state agency.
According to a Feb. 5 newsletter from the state Department of

Ohio Division of Wildlife finds more CWD positives in 2024 hunt
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife confirmed that 24 white-tailed deer harvested during the 2024-25 hunting season tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
A total of 5,783 deer were tested, according to

Memorable stories from the field with North Dakota warden Ken Skuza
Like many growing up hunting, fishing and trapping, my memories of our North Dakota game wardens were my first exposure to natural resource law enforcement.
In LaMoure, it was Harold Bellin. In Valley City,

Land deal leads to 450-acre wildlife management area on Minnesota’s Mantrap Lake near Park Rapids
For the first time in roughly two decades, Hubbard County is getting a new state wildlife management area that Minnesota officials say will be open for business this autumn.
But that’s only part of

Will crossbows for all continue in Minnesota? Extension heads to House floor
March 11 was a busy day for the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee in Minnesota. It heard bills on extending crossbow use for all, the need for a statewide wolf survey,

Wisconsin wardens at work: Deer hunter gives up field time to help other hunters
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season is the busiest time of the year for Department of Natural Resources (DNR) field wardens, including Jane Voskuilen, who calls Lafayette County her home since being hired in 2022 and