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Jeremiah Haas: ‘Under the radar’ gift ideas for sportsmen in your life
The holidays are here and you may be knee deep into black Friday deals already. Before you buy that gift card for the favorite outdoorsman in your life, consider trying to surprise them with a

Better in November and December? How to locate ruffed grouse in the late season
For the versatile hunter, October has much to offer – ducks, geese, bowhunting for deer. That’s the reason I tend to wait for late November and December to seriously hunt ruffed grouse.
December grouse

Holiday Book Review 2024: A reading list for outdoor enthusiasts to help pass those long nights of winter
Each year for several months, the books pile up in corners of my office. Then in mid-November, when there’s nothing else going on except wrapping up muskie season, enjoying a pheasant hunt or two, bowhunting

Firearms safety instruction a multi-generational affair for this Minnesota family
For southern Minnesota’s Pelzel family, being a volunteer firearms safety instructor runs through their blood as it’s been a family norm passed down for three generations now.
“I would go with dad and grandpa

Oak Duke: Tactics for hunting a trickle rut
The call came in to my wife from one of her friends, “tell Oak there is a big buck in my front lawn, down by the woods, and it is just standing there, looking down

Ryan Rothstein: A baby and a buck make for a Minnesota deer season like no other
Apologies for the cliché, because I think the phrase, “a season like no other,” gets tossed around too frequently. That said, I hope you’ll indulge me a story. The 2024 deer season has been as

Feral hog bill passes in Ohio House, moves to Senate
A bill that would essentially end wild hog hunting in the state of Ohio along with other provisions unanimously passed the House of Representatives.
House Bill 503, a piece of legislation aimed at controlling

Ohio’s deer gun season gets underway Dec. 2-8
Ohio’s weeklong deer gun hunting season begins Monday, Dec. 2. The gun season traditionally begins the Monday after Thanksgiving, is open to all hunters, and runs until Sunday, Dec. 8. An additional deer gun weekend

Reader stories: ‘Still-hunting’ at 80
The title to this story is a play on words, still-hunting is walking slowly, quietly through woods.
As I approach my 80th birthday, I continue to get out of bed at 5 a.m. to