outdoors

During our latest snow event, I noticed that the wild birds at my feeders were especially active. Blue jays, pine grosbeaks, common red polls, chickadees, and nuthatches were busily feeding...

Hallock, a town of 960 in northwestern Minnesota, will have its own deer hunting season this fall. City fathers recently voted to hold a bow-hunting season in an effort to...

The 2013 Governor's Fishing Opener in Park Rapids is approaching faster than you might think. Currently, committee members are looking for four varying levels of support. First, the group has...

We have reached the time of our winter now where traveling on the ice if you are going off plowed roads can be very challenging. Under the deep snow are...

Often as it is, when we watch wildlife going about their business it's the eating business that we observe them doing: squirrels cracking acorn shells, deer grazing on hay fields,...

First-time adult women turkey hunters have the chance to step afield this spring and learn from an experienced National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) volunteer. Women are encouraged to sign-up with...

DULUTH -- Zebra mussels have been moved into yet another popular lake, this time Lake Winnibigoshish in north-central Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday. Zebra mussels and...

Calls to a toll-free hotline for Minnesotans to report illegal hunting and fishing activity shot up 54 percent in 2012 to 2,051 calls. The so-called Turn In Poachers hotline broke...

In following up with the last couple of weeks' articles, I have another date for you to put on your calendar. The Osage Sportsman Club will be having their annual...