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Crazy Boat Landing Video: How Bad Do You Want to Catch Spring Walleyes?

You won’t believe your eyes when you see the lineup of parked trucks with boat trailers near this Minnesota/Ontario border river.
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Minnesota Monster Buck Rescued From Partially Ice Covered River

Volunteer firefighters rescue a legendary big buck that fell through the ice on the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota.
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Video: Whitetail Crashes Through Glass Door of Butcher Shop

Viewer warning — troubling video of a whitetail crashing through butcher shop’s glass door in northwest Minnesota.
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Locked Bucks Found Dead in Lake

When two bucks fight for dominance, the result can sometimes be deadly.
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A True Fishing Tale: The Last Leech

Usually you purchase an item with the thought it will serve a specific purpose, but sometimes you get far more than you could’ve possibly imagined.
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Funding Recovery by Fishing

Minnesota Fishing Challenge teams raise more than $500,000 for alcohol and drug prevention programs during recent event.
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Whitetail Video: Big Buck Arrowed With 3-D Target Core Stuck in Antlers

Shane Simpson is bowhunting during Minnesota’s firearms season, and he kills a mature whitetail buck that recently attacked a 3-D deer target.
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Video: Can You Identify These 3 Sunfish?

Anglers in the Midwest and North often encounter these three sunfish species. Can you identify them correctly?
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Probable New State Record Muskie Caught in Minnesota — 55 pounds, 14.8 ounces!

A 55-pound 14.8-ounce muskie caught on Nov. 22, 2021, is likely to break the long-standing Minnesota state record of 54 pounds, which was caught in 1957.
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Minnesota Angler Catches Two Massive Muskies Nearly Back to Back

Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota is home to world-class muskies, and Benjamin Knutson recently caught and released two of them less than an hour apart.
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Game Warden Chronicles: Mistakes on Waterfowl, and Spear-Throwing Salmon Poachers Get the Point

In the latest installment of our game warden chronicles series, game wardens in New York got right to the point with a group of men using spears on salmon.
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Bear Seasons Open With Changes

Bear seasons are open throughout the country, and several states have made changes hunters need to know about.
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Your First Handgun Training Class: What to Expect

You’ve purchased a handgun for personal/home defense, and signed up for a private lesson. Assuming you selected a qualified instructor, what can you expect?
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Fishing License Sales Spiking During COVID-19 Pandemic

In many parts of the country, people who never fished before, or haven’t in years, are deciding that time on the water is a good way to spend spring and summer 2020.
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2 Favorite Lures for Spring Largemouth Bass

Spring largemouth bass fishing can be feast or famine, but these two lures will stack the odds in your favor.
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Bowhunting Tip: Draw Low to Minimize Shoulder Trouble

There’s no one right way to draw a compound bow, but the safest method for your shoulder might be the draw-low method.
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Field Test: GSI Outdoors Glacier Stainless 1L Vacuum Bottle

The author put the Glacier Stainless 1L Vacuum Bottle from GSI Outdoors to the test in the duck blind during 2019.
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Video: Best Deer Hunting Story of 2019

In a day when heavily managed private lands are the norm and hunters don’t kill a specific buck unless they “have a history” with the animal, this story serves as a reminder about what’s most important.
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Union Volunteers Introduce Minnesota Youth to the Outdoors

The annual Get Youth Outdoors Day brought together union volunteers and conservation partners to introduce youths to firearms, archery and a variety of other outdoor activities.
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Minnesota’s New Statewide Four-Day Deer Season for Youth Hunters

Youth hunters ages 10 to 17 can take one buck or doe during Minnesota’s new Oct. 17-20 whitetail season.
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Possible New State Record Lake Trout Released in Minnesota

Capt. Jordan Korzenowski guided a client to a monster lake trout that, based on its length and girth, could have eclipsed a Minnesota state record from 1955.
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Video: 6-Foot Sturgeon Lassoed by Two Minnesota Boys

When it comes to epic fish tales, two suburban Minnesota boys have an unbelievable monster sturgeon story — except they have video to prove it.
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Review: Bio Bait Water-Soluble Lures

Bio Bait claims that its patented, water-soluble lures are a safer alternative to soft plastics, but do fish like them as well?
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Video: 50-Inch Muskie Spotted on FishFinder, Then Caught Seconds Later

Topnotch electronics are tremendous tools for finding key underwater structure, and sometimes they tip you off to a monster fish’s precise location, too.
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Lake Superior Charter Spotlight: FishNorthMN’s Jordan Korzenowski

Minnesota — Land of 10,000 Lakes — is home to some outstanding angling, and Captain Jordan Korzenowski excels at catching fish on the state’s biggest body of water.
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Game Warden Chronicles: Turkey Tumbles, Poacher Claims Bait and Switch?

In the latest game warden chronicles, a Michigan man claims the bait he put out was for deer and not turkeys so it was OK for him to kill a turkey.
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Video: Finding and Catching Pre-Spawn Crappies

The first push shallow by spring crappies has nothing to do with spawning, it’s all about finding food.
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FLW Outdoors CEO Irwin Jacobs, Wife Found Dead in Minnesota Home

FLW Outdoors CEO Irwin Jacobs and his wife, Alexandra, were found dead in the bedroom of their Minnesota home April 10.
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Feds' Plan to Delist Wolves Stirs Mixed Reactions

A proposal by the U.S. Department of Interior to delist gray wolves from endangered species protection is drawing mixed reactions.