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Blizzard Strands Hundreds of Ice Fishermen on Minnesota Lakes

Depending on your level or preparedness — and your love of fishing — being stranded in an ice fishing house for a couple days could be heaven or hell.
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What Happens to a Balloon When Struck by an Arrow in -30 Degrees?

Forget about throwing boiling water into the air to test the extreme cold. Check out this video that shows what happens to a balloon when struck by an arrow in temps of -30 degrees.
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Ammo Review: Federal Premium Black Cloud TSS

TSS stands for Tungsten Super Shot, and it’s deadly to ducks and geese. Here’s why.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Catching Northern Pike on Tip-Ups

Northern pike feed aggressively during the ice fishing season; here’s how to strategically target them with tip-ups.
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A Boy’s First Muskie

A muskie is known as the “Fish of 10,000 Casts,” but sometimes that math is lost on a young angler who doesn’t pay attention to such statistics.
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Wolves Leading Cause of Death for Minnesota Moose

A recent study showed wolves as the leading cause of death for moose calves in northeast Minnesota.
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Bear Takes Dip In Kiddie Pool

A Minnesota man walked onto his back porch to find quite a discovery — a black bear lying in his kids’ pool.
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Minnesota Legislation's Attempted Wolf Season Ban Gets Stopped

Anti-hunting groups’ attempt to pass two bills to permanently ban wolf in Minnesota comes up short when both bills expired.
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Ducks Shot In Minnesota Test Negative For Deadly Bird Flu

Tests on more than 750 ducks shot by Minnesota hunters this fall have turned up no signs of the kind of bird flu that devastated the Midwest poultry industry earlier this year.
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Tests On Ducks Could Provide Early Warning On Bird Flu

Wildlife managers in the upper Midwest expect the first results next week from tests that could provide an early warning on whether ducks flying south for the winter are carrying the deadly kind of bird flu that devastated the region's poultry earlier this year.
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Favorable Weather Credited With Minnesota Pheasant Rebound

The Department of Natural Resources says its pheasant index, as measured by roadside counts, is 33 percent higher than it was last year. The DNR says its August roadside survey calculated 40.7 pheasants per 100 miles of roadside driven.
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US Dentist Who Killed Cecil The Lion Returns To Work

The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Cecil the lion sparked a global backlash emerged for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at the animosity directed at those close to him and said he would be back at work within days.
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Officials Warn Of Coyote Attacks On Small Dogs

Police and animal control officers are warning pet owners in the Bloomington area about a rash of coyote attacks on small dogs.