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3 Key Strategies Used by Fawns to Avoid Predators

Whitetail fawns avoid predators in three key ways, and land managers can use this information — revealed by drones! — in making important habitat decisions.
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Top 3 Reasons You’ll Miss a Wild Turkey This Spring

With a shotgun, killing a stationary wild turkey is a no-brainer, right? Well . . .
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Video: Building Hinge-Cut Deer Bedding

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.
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Sturgeon Video: River Monster Adventure to Add to Your Bucket List

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

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

The joys of hunting with a partner who’s 90-plus years old.
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Video: A Simple System for Fall Crappies

Fall is an ideal time to target crappies on weedlines. Here’s a simple system for finding and catching slaps.
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Video: 5 Tips for Releasing Large Fish

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.
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Minnesota Boat Launch Video You Have to See to Believe

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.
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Field Test: Muck Muckster Lite Clog

The author was reluctant to try a clog, but the Muck Muckster Lite has now become his most frequently worn shoe.
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Video: Can You Guess Why This Float Plane Lands on a Grass Field?

Believe it or not, pilots often choose to land on a smooth grass field when they’re putting their float plane away for winter.
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Field Test: Frogg Toggs Grand Refuge 3.0 Wader

The author and his son put a Frogg Toggs Grand Refuge 3.0 wader to a season-long torture test on public land sloughs.
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Trail Cam Video: Wolf Fishing in Northern Minnesota

Did you know that a wolf will catch and eat fish when given the opportunity? This trail cam video proves it!
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Blood-Tracking Dogs — The Nose Knows

What every hunter should know about blood-tracking dogs.