The Outdoors
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The Outdoors: This has been a rough winter for farmland wildlife
One only has to glance out the car window while driving across southern Minnesota to understand the kind of challenges Minnesota’s farmland wildlife are facing this winter.
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The Outdoors: Waseca man lands 6.26-pound walleye to win contest
At noon, at the sound of a shotgun, some 12,000 lines went simultaneously into the water. “You can imagine being a scuba diver down there and seeing 12,000 little minnows coming down at the same time.”
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The Outdoors: Plenty in prizes to fish for at Big Bobber contest
Between ice fishing, snowmobiling and events like ice racing and pond hockey, there always seems to be a crowd on Lake Washington, northeast of Mankato, during the winter months. But look for it to be a lot busier Feb. 6 when the Big Bobber ice fishing contest will be held on the lake right outside Westwood Marina Bar and Grill’s doorstep and the Squirrel’s Nest public access.
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The Outdoors: Lodermeier displays decoy expertise in historical book
Doug Lodermeier’s new book, “Minnesota Duck Decoys — yesterday and today’s folk artists” is a comprehensive history of some 300 past and present Minnesota decoy makers, and undoubtedly will become a reference work for avid decoy collectors hoping to track down the origins of their pieces.
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Waking the ice auger for winter
Now, the battle to get the cantankerous two-stroke running has always been an annual event that follows a familiar pattern.
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The Outdoors: Champion caller
Duck hunters like to make a big deal out of the need for perfection when calling wild ducks into gun range. But for all of their talking, most would admit that sometimes, even the ducks themselves don’t always sound like ducks.
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The Outdoors: Corn forces change to deer opener strategy
The vast stands of corn remain virtually untouched, an endless sea of cover for whitetails to disappear into...
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The Outdoors: No such thing as a 'bad' pheasant hunting season
Besides Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving and July 4th, Minnesota has its own unique holidays. There is the fishing opener, of course. And the deer opener. But Minnesota’s pheasant season opener is my favorite.
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The Outdoors: With July comes plenty of hunting, fishing changes
July 1 is always an important date in Minnesota. For one thing, it marks the beginning of a new fiscal year. For another, it’s also the date when many new laws go into effect. This year, several of them will affect Minnesota outdoors enthusiasts.
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