Tips & Features
Success starts before the turkey opener: here’s how to be ready
Going out and hoping to kill a bird on opening day without any knowledge of where they are roosting, frequenting, or liking to hang out is tough. It is done every opening morning by tons
Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: early-season spring crappies
The weather is delaying open-water fishing for early-season spring crappie fishing. But several lakes will open in the next few weeks, beginning in southern Minnesota and advancing north.
Snacking on your food plot: Planting vegetation that’s fit for man or beast
At times I am so focused on this mission that I overlook the land’s ability to provide other rewards, like food for my family’s table.
Turkey timing: Early seasons are filled with challenges, opportunities
At the hunting season’s start, wild turkeys are doing about the same thing no matter the weather in Minnesota: roosting, surviving, eating, breeding. Photoperiod (daylight length) drives the mating urge in male birds, and photoperiod
Take a kid into the turkey woods this spring and get the most out of the hunt
Some of my most memorable spring gobbler hunts occurred when I didn’t even have a shotgun in my hands. There’s no better feeling than taking a youngster or a non-hunting adult afield and introducing them
Turning decoys into works of art
Bill Koelpin, Jr., didn’t have to look hard to find a little artistic inspiration. All he had to do was ask his father, Bill Sr.
“My father was a world-champion carver, painter, and bronze
Lessons I have learned in over 50 years of hunting and fishing
I’m still capable each hunting and fishing season of making a new blunder, one I didn’t even think was possible, but that’s just part of the game.
In the interest of helping accelerate the
Three ways to fillet a bluegill that every panfish angler should know
The challenge when filleting bluegills is getting the most meat you can from these smaller fish. In this video, you’ll see how to use several different methods that should have their place in any good
Late ice fishing tips: Catching crappies, bluegills, perch
Current fishing report, ice/snow conditions, and what’s working right now for crappies, bluegills and perch.
