Opinions
DNR announces intent to hold state’s first modern wolf hunt
Looks like we’re going to have a Minnesota wolf hunt beginning in late 2012. The DNR won’t commit to a quota or a number of licenses, but officials say they want to start conservatively and
Low-water ice-fishing locations
I’m hearing lots of questions about how low water levels from this fall – the result of low precipitation that continues this winter – affects fish location. Indeed lake levels are quite low this winter.
Still able to fish in the boat
Well we didn’t have a white Christmas this year, but that sure didn’t dampen my spirits any less as the weather outside allowed for some late season trout action from the boat. The cooler nights
Capturing underwater memories this ice fishing season
On a recent ice fishing outing after a major cold front, the fish were nice enough to stop their hot bite and give this angler an opportunity to play around with two underwater cameras. The
School daze: Deer cull halted
The bunny huggers are at it again. It seems Binghamton University, located not in Binghamton but here in Vestal (Broome County), has a deer problem. The deer apparently have found the university’s nature preserve much
.45 /.410 Handguns: Are There Sporting Applications?
When the rabbit finally emerged from the tangled honeysuckle it darted around the back side of an old shed and went into a sprint toward the safety of its hole beneath a rusty, abandoned station
Poachers got off easy; loophole in new law must be closed
I hope this doesn’t set a precedent. In October and December of 2010 a group of hunters from Maine went on a killing spree in Bradford County. They killed 32 deer, at least that’s how
Treaty issue demands top-down leadership
At a special meeting of the Mille Lacs Fishery Input Group in early December, area business owners, anglers, and residents went on record objecting to the Chippewa spring gill-net fishery on the big lake. It
Hunting with my son
I had not been that stoked for deer hunting in years. It’s not that I had a huge buck patterned. In fact, I didn’t know what to expect because I was hunting a new spot,
