OPEN SEASON
Open Season: Follow the catfish food chain
Fishing is as simple or complicated as a person makes it.
In its most basic form, willing a creature to ingest a dangling bait can mean nothing more than the proverbial hook, line and sinker.
By Tyler Shoberg , May 16, 2012
Open Season: Reuben venison sandwiches a culinary conglomerate
For the longest time, I considered corned beef a “mystery meat,” akin to bologna or summer sausage. So imagine my surprise when, as sometimes happens while surfing the Internet, I stumbled upon a reality-warping epiphany: corned beef can be made at home.
By Tyler Shoberg , March 14, 2012
Open Season: Snow geese sure signs of spring 
Hunting waterfowl in the spring can be a tad unnerving.
For one thing, it’s weird being in a field that is about to be planted instead of harvested.
By Tyler Shoberg , February 29, 2012
Open Season: Good fish come to those who work
A slab of sapphire ice a foot-and-a-half thick and the size of a dinner table jutted forth from Red Lake like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
By Tyler Shoberg , February 15, 2012
A venison feast from the far east
Deer a good substitute for bovine in this Mongolian beef recipe
By Tyler Shoberg , January 11, 2012
The good, the badlands, and the ugly dogs
A tromp for pheasants near Dickinson leads to fun, feathers, and more than a bit of bloodshed
By Tyler Shoberg , December 28, 2011
Open Season: A lot to be thankful for in North Dakota outdoors
The morning chill was every bit the 17 degrees promised by my digital truck thermometer, if not less. Almost immediately upon removing the Remington 870 pump shotgun from its case, lacy veins of frost enveloped the matte-finished barrel.
By Tyler Shoberg , December 14, 2011
Open Season: While meat may be meat, venison is not just venison
In my circles, seldom do I get a “hi” this time of year. And normally a talking standard, weather now rarely is a topic-starter – unless it’s how the hunting has been affected by it.
No, more often than not, the first words out of someone’s mouth are: “Did you get your buck?”
By Tyler Shoberg , November 16, 2011
Open Season: Tough to beat a Minnesota ruffed grouse hunt
As my dog and I rounded the bend, the birch-laded woods appeared to part like intricately painted cardboard props in a Shakespearian play. A stick- and leaf-strewn path popped into view that almost looked too perfect; too serene.
By Tyler Shoberg , October 19, 2011
Open Season: North Dakota waterfowl opener as advertised
Residents find plenty of ducks, geese to go around
By Tyler Shoberg , October 05, 2011
Survival 101: A compass is useless if left in the truck
For years, my father has given me compasses as gifts: pin on compasses, technical palm compasses, even a small, easy-to-carry neon blue compass with a built-in survival whistle.
Other than it being tradition, I never really appreciated his nagging concern for my safety.
By Tyler Shoberg , September 21, 2011
Some very inopportune dog owner heartbreak
Or, how a sock put a serious damper on my plans for the fast-approaching hunting season
By Tyler Shoberg , September 07, 2011
Open Season: Delta Waterfowl event puts focus on youth
Grand Forks-based Kelly Slough Chapter hosts clinic on all things ducks, geese and hunting
By Tyler Shoberg , August 24, 2011
Open Season: Mystery menace more than mildly malicious
Apparently they’re delicious. Boiling them in a big pot with some choice seasonings and spices can be darn near heavenly.
Or so I’ve been told.
I wasn’t really thinking with my stomach when I saw the first one, up close and personal, a few weeks ago while on a family vacation to Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota.
By Tyler Shoberg , August 10, 2011
Open Season: Bona fide bass bonanza
A secluded lake, a canoe, and more fish than you could shake a pole at
By Tyler Shoberg , July 27, 2011
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