To be an outdoorsman, it is almost mandatory to have a dog. Most of us have more than one dog. A person needs different dogs for different outdoors activities. It is handy to have a bear dog if a person is bear hunting or a coon hound to hunt raccoons.
The need to manage the size of northwestern Minnesota's elk population and control depredation has prompted the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to extend the elk hunt beginning Saturday, Jan. 12
One of the rituals that accompanies owning a dog is the morning "airing." That's code for letting the dog out to relieve itself after a long night of bladder control. For our new Labrador pup this usually happens sometime between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m.
I do my best to live by the philosophy, "Never do today what a person can put off until tomorrow." This has generally served me well, but I must admit a person can get caught occasionally wishing they had not procrastinated.
Tullibees (also known as cisco or lake herring) are a coldwater fish that live in many of the nicest lakes in Minnesota. They provide excellent forage for trophy walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, and lake trout. A requirement for cold, well-oxygenated water allows them to primarily live in deep lakes that …
There are many Minnesota festivals and events that celebrate local traditions; some even celebrate oddities and peculiarities. One such event is the self-proclaimed International Eelpout Festival, held in February each year in Walker, Minnesota, on Leech Lake. Until some creative locals got the bright idea for this festival three decades …
After eight years of monitoring and aggressive management, bovine tuberculosis (TB) is undetectable in wild deer in northwestern Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Bovine TB was first discovered in area cattle operations and wild deer near Skime, Minn., in 2005.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently accepted a donation of 2,751 acres of land in Cass County in north-central Minnesota from The Nature Conservancy.
About twenty years ago, my two sons thought it would be great sport if we all got paintball guns and ran around the woods having wars. They were able to convince a few friends and a couple adults, including their father, to play war games with them. I must admit, …
Tap into the fun of making maple syrup at Minnesota state parks in March and early April. Naturalists will demonstrate how to tap trees and turn sap into syrup at several programs throughout the state.
One of the ailments whose cure won't be found at the nearest pharmacy is cabin fever. Some might question whether it's a real, or imagined, condition, but Minnesotans and others who live where land and waters are ice and snowbound for months know better. It's real.
Our grandson, Zane, overheard some adult friends talking about birds one day. Jim knew someone that had a canary and thought that it would be fun to have one. Zane has a good memory for details.
A phobia is defined as an irrational fear of something. I have a tendency to define a phobia as something someone is afraid of and I am not. That is irrational. The most prevalent phobia public speaking and the list of phobias suddenly turns to things wild and in the …
The 2012 ice fishing season is drawing to a close. For those of you who spend time on the ice, there are a few things we can learn from this year's ice fishing season. These are important lessons, life's moments that will someday be the "I remember back during the …
With a foot or more of snow still blanketing most of northern Minnesota, the snowmobiling season may extend into April for the first time in many years, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.
