Entries Tagged Minnesota

Late-winter is the perfect time for building, maintaining and improving whitetail bedding areas, and on some properties a technique called “hinge-cutting” works well.

The St. Croix River in eastern Minnesota is home to a wide variety of fish, including sturgeon that can grow to monster proportions.

Meet 84-year-old taxidermist Carl Ahrndt, who has been mounting hunters’ animals since 1956.

The joys of hunting with a partner who’s 90-plus years old.

Fall is an ideal time to target crappies on weedlines. Here’s a simple system for finding and catching slaps.

The goal with catch-and-release is allowing that fish to grow, reproduce and hopefully be caught again. With proper fish-handling techniques, you give the fish the best chance of survival.

To what lengths will some anglers go to catch walleyes? Check out the crazy lineup of parked trucks with boat trailers by the Rainy River near the Minnesota/Ontario border.

The author was reluctant to try a clog, but the Muck Muckster Lite has now become his most frequently worn shoe.

Believe it or not, pilots often choose to land on a smooth grass field when they’re putting their float plane away for winter.

The author and his son put a Frogg Toggs Grand Refuge 3.0 wader to a season-long torture test on public land sloughs.

Did you know that a wolf will catch and eat fish when given the opportunity? This trail cam video proves it!

What every hunter should know about blood-tracking dogs.

Fish don’t always survive when you release them, and this is especially true when they come from deep water due to a condition called barotrauma.

For the first time, the author's home state of Minnesota is allowing crossbows for use during the general archery season — no age or physical condition limitations — and as expected, compound shooters are not pleased.