Youth and their parents need to act quickly to participate in numerous opportunities this fall to venture out in field, forest and wetland on hunts specially designed to spark kids' interest and involvement in the outdoors. "We're on a very short timeline for people to get registered for this fall's …
Hunters participating in Minnesota's bear season, which opens Sept. 1, are asked to avoid shooting radio-collared research bears. The bears are marked with large colorful ear tags or colorful streamers. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) researchers are monitoring about 35 radio-collared black bears, most of them in northwestern Minnesota, …
Saturday, Zane, our grandson, asked if he could come over and spend the night. Of course we said yes. Damon dropped him off in the middle of the afternoon as I was getting ready to build shelves in the entryway closet. He suggested we go fishing instead. As much as …
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds those interested in hunting deer in Itasca State Park during the muzzleloader season that a special hunt permit is now required and the deadline for applying for this permit is Sept. 8.
With the recent find of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Winona County and the city of La Crescent, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds Labor Day Weekend campers that only firewood purchased at a state park or from a DNR-approved vendor may be brought onto any DNR-administered lands.
Some of my travels over the past week have taken me past wetlands and small lakes, the kinds of places where you would expect to see ducks. They're an object of growing interest, now that we're past Labor Day and beginning to see the thermal ups and downs that tell …
A severe winter followed by a wet spring contributed to a significant decline in Minnesota's pheasant counts. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the pheasant population index declined 64 percent from 2010 and is 71 percent below the 10-year average. Contributing factors include:
Reviews of existing or newly proposed experimental fishing regulations on Minnesota waters will be the subject of 11 open house public meetings being conducted across the state in the coming weeks by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The meetings will focus on special regulations for sunfish, crappie, largemouth …
Ever hunted ruffed grouse? If not, this is the year to start. The tasty, fast-flying forest game bird is at high population levels. This means opportunities to see and harvest grouse are about as good as they get. And when they get good in Minnesota, they are the absolute best …
Another great year of ruffed grouse hunting is upon us and it's time to make plans and hit the woods. Whether you're a first-time ruffed grouse hunter, a seasoned veteran or a family planning an active outing, finding places that offer easy access to Minnesota's most-popular game bird will be …
Over the last 10 days or so, I've been spending a lot of time on ladders, giving the old homestead a much-needed coat of paint. Up there at a level even with the tops of our flowering crabs and ash tree, and almost into the upper reaches of the pines …
Another duck hunting opener is "in the books," as the expression goes, and this one may have "stopped the bleeding," to use another. From a number of unscientific but reliable reports, this year's unconventional and controversial opener may have done just what its Minnesota DNR planners intended: make more ducks …
Like a lot of people, I keep an eye on the want-ads in the local newspapers and shoppers. You can never tell when some item of hunting or fishing gear will be found there, some "must have" item that can be acquired for - if not "a song" - then …
Participants in this fall's bulls-only moose hunt can choose to have their licenses refunded and reinstated for a future hunt if the Pagami Creek fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has impacted or limited access to the zone in which they are authorized to hunt. Moose hunting zones …
Question: Now that the fall migration has started for some birds, when is the best time to stop feeding hummingbirds? If a nectar feeder (sugar water) is available, will they fail to migrate to their wintering sites?
