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In the middle of cold Minnesota winters, we sometimes worry about heating bills, frozen pipes, or whether the car will start in the morning.
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In the middle of cold Minnesota winters, we sometimes worry about heating bills, frozen pipes, or whether the car will start in the morning.

Iowa’s pheasant opener was busy, with lots of hunter success.

Wautoma’s Sam Timm won the 2023 Wisconsin wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests.

As the season looms, Iowa hunters can likely expect to harvest 300,000 to 400,000 roosters this year, which is similar to last year, when the harvest was the highest in more than a decade.

Weather and habitat are the main influences on Minnesota’s pheasant population trends.

Results of Iowa’s 2022 pheasant population survey are in and the results were nearly identical to that of 2021, when hunters harvested the highest number of roosters in more than a decade.

Pheasant hunters in Iowa bagged 375,000 roosters in 2021, and the nesting outlook predicts another good hunting season ahead.

An everyday meal harvested from nature’s pantry and celebrated in the home kitchen.

With possible record pheasant numbers this year, officials expect businesses will flourish
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