05/05/2008 12:00 AM American folklore has long circulated the tale that a frontier lad wanted a rifle. Money was tight, so the young boy was said to have fashioned a barrel at his father’s forge and foundry on the frontier, which at the time was on the Erie Canal, near Ithaca, New York. According to the story, he had made a rifle and that neighbor, seeing the finished firearm, wanted one like it. So, supposedly was the birth of the great Remington Arms Company, as the lad was Eliphalet Remington.
05/05/2008 12:00 AM A 1,036-acre parcel of land northeast of Alexandria officially became the Roger M. Holmes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) when it was dedicated Saturday, May 3.
05/05/2008 12:00 AM I have seen loons in Detroit, Pelican and Muskrat Lakes so far this year. So where do loons go in the winter, and why are they found on some lakes but not others? These are the questions I’ll address this week.
Three cheers for open water Brian Basham/Record
A pair of swans swim in a growing spot of open water between Rock and Rice Lakes in north-central Becker County last week. With this week’s rain and wind, the winter ice has now melted off most area lakes just in time for next weekend’s fishing opener.
Forum Communications Co. As the clock strikes midnight, some anglers open the Minnesota fishing season long before the sun rises
Otter Tail Lake, Minn. - Fishermen of all kinds were in the dark before the sun rose Saturday.
Wood duck Sean Hall of Cloquet, Minn., photographed this wood duck on the morning of April 26 near Floodwood, Minn. Hall said he photographed the duck with a homemade 6mp trail camera.
Forum Communications Co. Less is better. That’s the advice professional fishing guide Ross Hagemeister (pictured right) offers for the novice or occasional anglers
who plan to cast a line during Saturday’s Minnesota fishing opener.
Forum Communications Co. Rick Bohn of Woodworth, N.D., photographed this pintail duck April 20 while he took a break taking pictures of shaptail grouse from his blind
southeast of Woodworth.
Associated Press Deer ticks that cause Lyme disease and other ailments are moving north and west in Minnesota, and health officials say people should be on the lookout for the tiny critters now that spring is here.
Associated Press Being a sportsman himself, Tom Conroy understands the excitement and pounding pulse hunters feel when they finally find the prey they’re pursuing within the sights of their guns.
Associated Press A record-low number of male sage grouse counted on strutting grounds in North Dakota this spring has prompted state biologists to call for no hunting season for the first time in 45 years.
Forum Communications Co. Thanks to Minnesota’s restoration program, trumpeter swans are returning to North Dakota
Trumpeter swans, virtually wiped out by 19th-century settlers in North Dakota, are making their way back to the state – even the sewage lagoons of north Fargo.
Associated Press ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK, Mich. – Ignoring our observation plane circling above the frozen Lake Superior wilderness, the eight gray wolves seemed as harmless as pooches cavorting in the yard. They nipped and pawed each other, pausing occasionally to roll in the snow.
Forum Communications Co. A new habitat practice that enrolls croplands, wetlands, existing grass or expired Conservation Reserve Program acres into CRP is available to landowners.
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