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Catching up after a great trip
So, there I was, eating big and cheap, but tasty, chicken wings with my buddy, Dan Semmerling, at Slo’s Pub on the south shore of Big Arbor Vitae Lake on Wednesday night when I hear
What should kindergarteners know about guns?
I spent a half hour in early June at my son’s kindergarten class for career day. I spoke about sales, writing, hunting, fishing and gun safety. The NRA introduced me to the Eddie Eagle GunSafe
A mixed picture in North Dakota’s waterfowl survey results
The results of North Dakota’s annual breeding duck population study are a study in opposites. And an interesting one, indeed. Consider: The total duck breeding population, nearly 4.8 million, is the third-highest since the state
Those Tournaments are Still Killing Fish
I dropped by a bass fishing tournament the other day on Lake Minnetonka, a lake close to my home. Even with all the research data, articles in major publications and a constant barrage of information
Farm Bill letter, Mille Lacs dispute, and the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act
A quick grab bag of bloggy items from your humble managing editor. Farm Bill letter from groups The commentary slot (Page 2) in this week’s print edition of Outdoor News contained a letter urging U.S.
Asian carp DNA found beyond barrier
This news reported by the Ohio Environmental Council hardly can be classified as welcome for the Great Lakes and underscores the urgency for the federal to act quickly to stop the further invasion of the
Different strokes for different folks
Funny thing, isn’t it, how sport fishermen in Ohio aren’t allowed to average their catches the way big business and industry will be able to average their water withdrawals from Lake Erie and its vulnerable
Weather story so far this year: Drought averted
The final chapters of the weather story for 2012, of course, have yet to be written, but halfway through the year the plot will surely focus on the dramatic swing in precipitation trends, according to
Another Tough Year for August Squirrel Hunters? Maybe…
Some of you may recall a couple of blog posts and articles last year in which I reported – and lamented – that my preseason scouting for squirrels had revealed an almost non-existent hickory nut
