Hunting
Spring turkeys: Time to battle with a worthy adversary, no matter how dumb they seem sometimes
How can something so seemingly crafty sometimes be so dumb?
That’s the charming paradox of the wild turkey: as dumb as the proverbial box of rocks and so thick we call a foolish, inept,
With snow gone, it’s time to spring into deer scouting
A few years ago, during spring, I was tramping through some bottomland with my yellow Lab, Daisy.
As we walked a piece of high ground surrounded by a bottomland bog, Daisy, as a good
New York’s youth turkey hunters ready to hit the woods April 20-21
New York’s annual youth turkey hunt is April 20-21. Since 2004 the hunt has provided excellent opportunities for junior hunters (ages 12-15) to go afield with an experienced adult mentor and is quite often their
Michigan man sentenced for 2018 slaying of hunter at state park
A mid-Michigan man who murdered a hunter at a state park near Lansing in 2018 has been sentenced to 22 ½ to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thomas Olson, 35, of Grand
Minnesota’s Lance Morgan earns NWTF’s Mentor of the Year award
Minnesotan Lance Morgan traveled to Nashville, Tenn., for the National Wild Turkey Federation annual convention in February. At the convention, Morgan was presented with the Mentor of the Year award for his work with the
Commentary: Giving away Minnesota lands shouldn’t be in the hands of a few legislators
Editor’s note: This commentary addresses current proposed legislation in St. Paul that would transfer ownership of state land around Upper Red Lake to Red Lake Nation.
Ben Moyer: Quail release an uplifting development in Pennsylvania
I count myself fortunate to have been invited to the March 19 release of wild bobwhite quail, trapped the previous day in Florida, onto the Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County, Pa.
It’s doubtful
Will a mild winter mean more toms for Minnesota hunters this spring?
Minnesota turkey hunters are welcoming the recent return of more spring-like weather as the season gets under way next week, on April 17.
The 2023 spring season stands proud with the second-highest harvest total
Modest crowd turns out for Public Lands Day in Minnesota
A light crowd of about 110 people attended a Public Lands Day rally last Friday, April 5, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Organizers chalked up the light attendance to fine conditions out-of-doors
