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Deer-less, north and south
I spent the final hours of the Northern Zone firearms deer season watching an NFL football game. And when you consider I’m not really an NFL guy, preferring to OD on college football on Saturdays
CWD remains ticking time bomb
The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania was confirmed a few weeks ago in a three-year-old doe raised on a game farm in New Oxford, Adams County. The disease may have links
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs (Sort of)
Besides deer, on my list of favorite species to follow is any apex predator. In recent years, I’ve become downright obsessed, specifically with cougars and wolves. Several years ago, I said it: there’s no way
Our last shot at open water: rivers
By now, fish in most water bodies are starting to move toward their winter haunts. On rivers, our last bastion of open water this time of year, I focus my walleye search on current breaks,
Sick at home and wish you were hunting?
Being cooped up in the house over an extended holiday weekend is a drag. Especially when the whole family has the flu and the duck hunting plans are flushed down the toilet. For the sake
Shooting of White and Albino Deer
Some interesting issues were brought to the forefront during the 2012 gun deer season when two white deer were legally killed by hunters in Sauk County. It’s easy for news reporters to hype a store
Better angling: Modern ice fishing's multiple paradigm shifts
Walking around the St. Paul Ice Show this year I am struck by how dramatically different the sport of ice fishing is today from just a decade or so ago. It is definitely the fastest-growing
Hunting and fishing rules: Some un-common sense
I live in Minnesota where rules regarding hunting and fishing generally make pretty good sense. Our state DNR has to bend to the will of our legislature though, and that can create some strange guidelines
Pheasant hunting at Jim Edgar expanded
For the second consecutive season, DNR is expanding quotas for the controlled pheasant hunting program at specific sites. On Thursday, the agency announced that the daily hunter quotas will be bumped at the Jim Edgar
