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The Outdoors: DNR stocking boosts walleye quality of area lakes

2010-06-18T08:46:17-05:00

South central Minnesota may not be a land of loons, dark pine forests and pristine waters but one only has to glance at a map to understand why many anglers still choose the Mankato area as an angling destination.

The Outdoors: Road to crappie fishing takes unexpected detour

2010-04-23T03:01:00-05:00

“Hey, Cross,” he said inspecting the bow of my boat, “You’ve got the new
registration stickers someplace?”

The Outdoors: Shotgun silent during early-season turkey hunt

2010-04-09T08:22:12-05:00

Come March, the wild turkeys will do what wild turkeys are inclined to do at this time of year. And that is to engage in a little woodland hanky-panky, all in the name of procreation.

The Outdoors: Swan photo, mother’s message leads man to pursue passion

2010-04-08T14:00:22-05:00

“I had never used a digital camera, it was like ‘what’s a memory card’ and ‘you have to plug this thing in?’”

The Outdoors: This has been a rough winter for farmland wildlife

2010-02-26T10:57:17-06:00

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.

The Outdoors: Waseca man lands 6.26-pound walleye to win contest

2010-02-12T03:01:00-06:00

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.”

The Outdoors: Plenty in prizes to fish for at Big Bobber contest

2010-01-29T13:49:04-06:00

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.

The Outdoors: Lodermeier displays decoy expertise in historical book

2010-01-15T03:01:00-06:00

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.

Waking the ice auger for winter

2009-12-31T08:58:00-06:00

Now, the battle to get the cantankerous two-stroke running has always been an annual event that follows a familiar pattern.

The Outdoors: Champion caller

2009-12-23T02:02:00-06:00

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.