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    Leif Birnbaum of Duluth passed up a nine-point buck on Sunday evening, Oct. 15, 2017, in Duluth's city bowhunt and took this 10-pointer that field-dressed at 260 pounds about 20 minutes later. Submitted photo / Leif Birnbaum
    Duluth bowhunter takes 260-pound buck in city hunt
    DULUTH — When a nine-point buck came walking toward Leif Birnbaum's deer stand last Sunday, Oct. 15, the Duluth bowhunter took a good look...
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    October 18, 2017
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    Huge floating bog that damaged docks still on northern Minn. lake
    MERRIFIELD, Minn. -- When lakeshore owners on a northern Minnesota lake about five miles north of Brainerd woke up last Friday, they couldn’t...
    newsOctober 18, 2017 - 5:37pm
    October 15, 2017
    A black Lab keeps an eye on the North Dakota sky during a recent hunt. Submitted photo
    Sam Cook: On a Dakota morning, the waiting is good
    I received the text early one morning this past week. It came from a buddy of mine who was out west — North Dakota — hunting. His...
    newsOctober 15, 2017 - 6:00am
    October 14, 2017
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    AgweekTV: Rina’s Garden is growing up some big things in Kindred, N.D.
    If you're in need of a good pumpkin this Halloween there's a place you might want to check out. We found a little girl with a big garden full...
    newsOctober 14, 2017 - 8:30am
    October 13, 2017
    A rooster pheasant takes flight across a field. Forum News Service file photo
    N.D. pheasant population hurt by drought
    DICKINSON, N.D.—Sportsmen have found the normally abundant pheasant populations at the outset of this year's pheasant hunting season that...
    sportsOctober 13, 2017 - 3:45pm
    October 8, 2017
    A yellow Lab retrieves a rooster pheasant during a western Minnesota pheasant hunt. Forum News Service file photo
    Challenging pheasant season expected in Minnesota, ND, SD
    DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota. Down. South Dakota. Down. North Dakota. Down. Iowa. Down. The numbers don't lie. By the numbers, hunters are...
    newsOctober 8, 2017 - 8:04am
    BRAD DOKKEN COLUMN: Watch out for deer on the roads this fall
    GRAND FORKS — A news release from State Farm insurance hit my inbox earlier this week, and it offered a timely reminder for all of us who...
    newsOctober 8, 2017 - 7:50am
    October 5, 2017
    Paul and Annette Steilen found two intertwined whitetail deer Tuesday night in Hanson County. Conservation Officer Andy Petersen assisted in helping save one of the two deer. (Courtesy photos)play button
    Tangled whitetails create ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ memory for Hanson County residents
    FARMER, S.D. — These whitetails have quite a tale. "They were big deer, I know that," said Annette Steilen, who lives in rural Hanson County....
    sportsOctober 5, 2017 - 12:02pm
    Expecting a gray jay to visit a bird feeding station in Fargo-Moorhead is perhaps unrealistic. But one never knows. This bird is at a well-known suet feeding site in northern Minnesota's Sax-Zim Bog.
    To feed or not to feed
    Among the more frequent questions I get asked regarding birds is what and how to feed them. Before taking a look into this area, let's begin...
    outdoors/flight-linesOctober 5, 2017 - 5:08am
    September 30, 2017
    Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    Trespass? In South Dakota, there's a ticket for that
    MITCHELL, S.D. — Poachers, beware. Hunters trespassing and anglers fishing without a license continue to be the most-issued citations...
    sportsSeptember 30, 2017 - 10:36am
    September 27, 2017
    Irruptions (bird invasions) of red crossbills can sometimes force the conifer seed specialist into visiting bird feeders for supplemental food. Photo by Keith Corliss. play button
    FLIGHT LINES with AUDIO: Nomadic bird making a local showing
    Jonathan Weiner's book, The Beak of the Finch, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for general non-fiction. It wasn't like I avoided it all these...
    featuresSeptember 27, 2017 - 7:17am
    September 25, 2017
    Gray wolf. Gary Kramer / USFWS
    With higher deer population, Minn. wolf numbers jump 25 percent
    DULUTH — Minnesota's wolf population jumped 25 percent in the past year, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Monday, Sept....
    newsSeptember 25, 2017 - 5:34pm
    September 24, 2017
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    Sam Cook: Damp weather, lots of foliage slow grouse opener
    This is not how opening day of grouse season is supposed to be. It isn't supposed to be dark and dreary, still dripping from overnight rain....
    sportsSeptember 24, 2017 - 6:26pm
    September 23, 2017
    Tom Cherveny Tribune / Traveling solo has taught Jay Gustafson how to pare his supplies and carry no more than the essentials. play button
    Voice for the rivers: 'Waterway Jay' quits his job to paddle Minn.'s 4,500 miles of water trail
    JORDAN, Minn. — Jay Gustafson quit the job he loved and hit the trail. We should say trails, as in Minnesota's water trails. He intends...
    newsSeptember 23, 2017 - 10:13am
    September 19, 2017
    A moose was spotted Tuesday morning near Kennebec. (Submitted photo)
    Rare sighting in SD as bull moose wanders into wheat field
    KENNEBEC — This is no bull. There was a bull moose in South Dakota. Steve Halverson, 52, of Kennebec, spotted a moose Tuesday wandering...
    newsSeptember 19, 2017 - 4:35pm
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