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An archery opening-day giant out of southeastern Minnesota
It’s one thing to get a trail cam pic or two of a mature buck, and quite another to have the buck’s sheds, assemble a library of photos of the deer, and then have that

Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation gets vets on the water
I recently had the pleasure of quarterbacking a fishing event for 10 fellow veterans near Battle Lake, Minn. I managed to get a group of fishing buddies together to assist, and my guiding group consisted

Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: Fall perch bite leads to big size and numbers
The fall perch bite will be full swing in a week or so to a degree that it can rival the famous Devils Lake winter perch bite. The size and numbers of perch are high

Early-season whitetails: Here are four food sources to target in late September, early October
The rut gets all the attention, but if I know where a big buck is living, I’d rather hunt him in late September or early October than any other time of season.
In September

The fall muskie frenzy: Here’s how to catch them on some of Iowa’s top waters
They once were called the “fish of 10,000 casts”…the muskellunge. As fishing techniques have advanced and improved, so have the catch rates to the point that on a given day, especially during the fall, multiple

Woodie Wisdom: Get to know this handsome, popular duck
The waterfowling industry is chock-full of imagery consisting of bearded, face-painted dudes lugging limits of greenheads out of swamps. Mallards get a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Who doesn’t love talking in a flock

Belly up to the famed Niagara Bar in New York for big brown trout
Arthur O’Mara of Moravia, N.Y., was fishing the Niagara Bar for king salmon the first weekend of the Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby in August with his buddy, Jeff Smith, of Pennsylvania. As

Beware of dead wood when locating treestands
Treestands are the best way to hunt for deer, yet also the most dangerous.
We all know the very real risk of falling out of a treestand and the injuries, and sometimes worse, that

Mid-season Doves: Here’s what to do as the hunting pressure picks up
The work begins as the birds are on to me, no longer flying low where they once did. Not dropping in to the decoys without hesitation. So it goes with each passing day. The easy