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During our daily walk through life, all of us, at some point or another, run into "experts." Perhaps not expert in the academic sense, but folks who know enough about...

You might be thinking "what does he mean, 'what is a frog?' It's green, hops, eats flies and goes 'ribbit, ribbit.'" It seems like a pretty easy question, but two...

Midsummer is not exactly a birdwatcher's favorite time of year. It's hot, it's buggy, and vegetative growth is at or near its maximum which makes for difficult viewing. Then there's...

The neon-green tagboard sign taped above the bubbling tanks in the highway junction baitshop read Shiners - $5.95/doz. Immediately I thought back to how many dozens I had seined for...

Late July is not exactly prime time among the network of bird aficionados. In fact, you may even call it a lull of sorts. But standing out amid the humdrum...

Registrations are being accepted for women interested in attending the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop, held Aug. 8-10 at Lake Metigoshe State Park near Bottineau. The cost is $135 for those...

Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan once remarked that he normally doesn't eat a burger, a bratwurst AND a steak in the same meal, but on the Fourth of July, he just...

Just five casts into Saturday morning, I figured the weekend would have one of two outcomes: either bigger muskies would certainly follow the one in my hand, or I just...

I was living in Spokane, Wash., back in 1986, and doing quite a little fishing. One particular day, our small group had driven down to the Grande Ronde River in...

North Dakota anglers are reminded there is a proper way to package and gift or give away fish. Robert Timian, chief of enforcement for the state Game and Fish Department,...

Quite a few years ago I was on an Air National Guard trip to Norfolk, Virginia. If I remember correctly, the other pilot and I had a day off between...

Catch and release works. Whether it's preserving a viable fishery in a forty-acre bass lake or letting a trophy-caliber muskie swim back into the cabbage after an exciting battle, the...

The Triple "C" 4-H club held their successful annual Open Horse Show on Sunday, May 11, at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, with almost 300 entries participating...

Among a group of bird nuts, discussions range from the latest binoculars to the latest bird species to arrive this spring. Occasionally more introspective categories are covered, such as why...

The Triple "C" 4-H club is having their annual Open Horse Show on Sunday, May 11, starting at 9 a.m. at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo. The...