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Waterfowl migration report: Duck hunting slows, but crop harvest opens up field opportunities
The Minnesota DNR released the fifth edition of its 2023 waterfowl migration and hunting report on Oct. 19, noting that hunting slowed in the state over the past week.
Geese continue to increase in
Your first western deer hunt? Here are critical rules for success
It’s a somewhat hopeless feeling, realizing how greatly the odds are stacked against you. I’ve hunted the Great Plains states enough to know that getting within archery range of any deer seems like an insurmountable
Trick or Treat: Halloween can be a magical time of year in the whitetail woods
It was four days before Halloween, and I still hadn’t located anything that alerted me to the presence of bucks beginning to show themselves with any regularity. I would use the day to cover as
You have to be kidding me: Somehow, a bull elk gets by unscathed
This is one story I really don’t want to tell.
For one thing, the circumstances are downright embarrassing. For another, remembering what happened on that mountain triggers another bout of head-shaking that’s accompanied by
Outdoor Insights: New report illustrates importance of hunters, anglers to American economy
Pheasant hunters busting open their wallets gave rural Minnesota an economic bump last weekend, and a new report again illustrates just how much casters and blasters contribute to American gross domestic product.
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Bucks teach us something with every close encounter
Bowhunters who find consistent success learn something valuable from every big buck they encounter. A hunter can take some solace in that, but it doesn’t make it much easier to stomach in the moment when
Iowa’s youth pheasant season set for Oct. 21-22
Iowa’s young hunters will get to experience the first cackle and flush of the year during the youth only pheasant season Oct. 21-22.
The residents-only youth season gives Iowans age 15 and younger the
Minnesota DNR moving toward plan for state’s ‘other’ wildlife management areas
Some of the state’s largest wildlife management areas – Whitewater, Mille Lacs, Red Lake, and Lac qui Parle – have been the subject of management plan efforts by DNR officials and others for the past
Rainy Wisconsin duck opener pays off with trio of drake wood ducks
It was Yogi Berra who coined the phrase, “It’s like deja vu all over again.” That was my thought when I heard the rain on the bedroom window in the dark before the opening of
