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    March 1, 2018
    Deadline nears to remove fish houses
    ST. PAUL—The deadline for anglers to remove fish houses from lakes in Minnesota is approaching quickly, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Removal dates are determined by an east-west line formed by U.S. Highway 10, east along Highway...
    sports/recreationMarch 1, 2018 - 2:51pm
    February 18, 2018
    Dave Nilsen, of Dakota Hunting Retriever Club in Sioux Falls, feeds his dog, Axl, during the 2018 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic on Saturday in Sioux Falls. (Luke Hagen / Republic)
    SD governor hopefuls battle for birds: Noem, Jackley share five-point plans to boost SD’s pheasant population
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It's a Republican rooster battle. South Dakota gubernatorial candidates Marty Jackley and Kristi Noem revealed over...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 18, 2018 - 5:47pm
    February 11, 2018
    Beth Holst of Duluth is recovering from a 21-foot fall from her deer stand in November. She sustained a broken leg in the accident and uses a cane for stability as she heals. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Minn. woman still healing from November deer-stand fall
    DULUTH, Minn.—Beth Holst had hunted on the ground for the first two days of last fall's Minnesota firearms deer season, but she hadn't...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 11, 2018 - 8:44am
    Sam Cook
    Changing landscapes: When a hunting or fishing territory slips away
    An angler I know was talking about a lake where he used to fish. Crappies, as I recall. Somewhere near Bemidji. "But then the college kids found...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 11, 2018 - 7:40am
    February 4, 2018
    Anglers in two fishing shelters fish for coho salmon and Kamloops rainbow trout early Thursday morning, Feb. 1, at the McQuade Small Craft Harbor on the North Shore. Cohos have turned up earlier this winter than in most years. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Cohos in the cold: Coho salmon have shown up on the North Shore earlier this winter
    FRENCH RIVER, Minn.—The temperature was struggling to rise above zero at mid-morning on Thursday, Feb. 1. A sharp wind whistled down from...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 4, 2018 - 6:46am
    January 29, 2018
    John Beargrease marathon musher Blair Braverman nears the Trail Center checkpoint with two dogs riding in her sled bag. Steve Kuchera / vplay button
    Northwoods traffic jam as mushers, dogs push toward Beargrease finish
    ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. — Halfway across Poplar Lake on Monday morning, Jan. 29, Ingrid Pond's dog team decided it was more interested...
    sportsJanuary 29, 2018 - 6:04pm
    January 21, 2018
    Fat-bikes have wider tire tracks than even mountain bikes. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Interest in Fat-bike riding growing in Minnesota
    TWO HARBORS, Minn.—The shadowy forms ghost through the forest almost like a procession of deer. They travel in single-file, rolling through...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 21, 2018 - 6:56am
    January 14, 2018
    Brad Dokken, outdoors columnist
    Brad Dokken: The outdoors from A to Z, the sequel
    A year or so back, I challenged myself to come up with a list of the outdoors from A to Z. That might sound easy enough, but as I got down to...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 14, 2018 - 6:34am
    At sunrise on Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, Greg Clusiau drills a fishing hole on a lake near Grand Rapids, Minn., before a day of crappie fishing. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Crappies hit early and often for group on lake near Grand Rapids
    GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — The sun hadn't yet crested the horizon on Tuesday, Jan. 9, when Greg Clusiau and Lorin LeMire began perforating the...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 14, 2018 - 6:15am
    January 10, 2018
    Minnesota pheasant hunters (left to right) Craig Aamodt and Marv Kremin of Cottonwwood and Dennis Oakland and Steve Leitch of Willmar with a five-man limit of roosters in South Dakota on Jan. 5. Eric Morken / Forum News Service
    South Dakota is still worth the pheasant hunt
    The outlook ahead of the 2017 South Dakota pheasant hunting season was a bleak one. Bird numbers were down 45 percent from 2016, according to...
    newsJanuary 10, 2018 - 5:08am
    January 7, 2018
    Otter tracks on a creek in the Solon Springs area make it a good bet for setting a trap. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Wis. 19-year-old is quickly gaining experience and having success in his trapping
    NEAR SOLON SPRINGS, Wis. — Jarid Rankila walked gingerly onto the frozen beaver pond, thumping the ice ahead of him with his ice spud —...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 7, 2018 - 8:01am
    January 5, 2018
    Sam Cook
    Some thoughts on the trail must be put on hold
    This will sound crazy, I know. But maybe I am not alone. Sometimes, when I'm out with one of my friends — biking or hunting or paddling or...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 5, 2018 - 7:13am
    January 3, 2018
    A snow-covered trail heads down a valley near Jackson Hole, Wyo. By Keith Corliss.play button
    Flight Lines: The beguiling allure of trails (with video)
    It was likely during one of the annual family automobile treks to the Pacific Northwest to visit relatives that I first encountered the sign,...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 3, 2018 - 6:15am
    December 31, 2017
    Becky Schweitzer, Minot, put this once-in-a-lifetime elk on the ground on Oct. 7, 2017, near Watford City, N.D. Submitted photo
    Minot hunter recalls 'awesome experience' filling her once-in-lifetime elk tag
    MINOT, N.D.—She loves to hunt. Dusk to dawn, from opener to season's end if necessary. When the hunting seasons close you'll find her with...
    sports/outdoorsDecember 31, 2017 - 7:23pm
    December 15, 2017
    Bird count set for Wednesday in Icelandic State Park
    CAVALIER, N.D. — The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, in Icelandic State Park, about 5½ miles west of Cavalier on North Dakota Highway 5. Jay Wessel's Game Management Area will be the center of the count area,...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 15, 2017 - 10:30pm
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