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Hunting’s latest challenge
Needing some fresh eggs, I decided to take a ride to one of the Pennsylvania farms I hunt and get a dozen for me and another for the farmer whose land I also hunt. I
Meeting Bono: “…that’s kind of a strange name.”
As the Twin Cities basked in the afterglow of the big U2 concert, a funny anecdote involving former DNR Fisheries Chief Ron Payer came my way Monday morning. In the mid-2000s, Payer and other DNR
Ill-conceived water use bill dried up, just like my pond
If, in the first week of June you had bet me that my pond would be down three feet by the end of July, then you would own the family farm. Back then, following a
What a Squirrel Wants
In my last post, we discussed ways to get ready for squirrel season, which included inspecting hickory trees to get a clue about the where and when of the squirrels’ yearly feeding frenzy. I’ve been
Underwater viewing out West
As I stood in the Bradford Island Visitors Center of the Bonneville Lock and Dam in Oregon, I looked out through windows portraying surging waters. I wondered if it was an aquarium. Almost immediately, I
Best of the bayou: Swamp People
It took a little self-analysis before I finally locked onto the reasons why I’m hooked on the reality TV show “Swamp People,” that History Channel offering set in the Louisiana bayou where alligator hunters deal
State shutdown ends
The shutdown is over. Fishing and hunting licenses are for sale again, and state parks are in various stages of opening. DNR and other state employees are back on the job, and state conservation officers
The Draw of the Northwoods
Every year we plan a family vacation up to the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Mercer, Wisconsin, to be exact. My wife’s family owns a small cabin up on a small lake chain and their family has
Appreciating the mountains and diversity of Penns Woods
The small jet accelerated, wings grabbed the air, and its tires left terra firma behind. I was soon looking down upon row after row of green farmland laid out in exact squares. Each corn-filled square
