LAKELAND – Some residents near Lake Parker are hoping Florida’s duck hunting season doesn’t start off with a bang this Saturday. “We are watching and waiting to see if we have a repeat of last year,” ...

The envelope rustled as Mike Boyd opened the flap. He tilted it and a duck band slipped into the palm of his hand. Boyd's ...

Fishermen love this time of year, mostly because the folks who fish and hunt are hunting, which cuts down on the competition ...

Q: I've heard that it's now legal for me to hunt ducks out in Lake Superior. Are there any special rules regarding that season? A: Several years ago, open-water duck hunting opportunities were ...

ON CASS LAKE -- The temperature hovers around 20. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine is right where he wants to be -- chest-deep in 35-degree water. Olson is ...

When Chris Melberg's phone alarm rings at 3 a.m. Saturday, the strict choreo­graphy of opening day at his duck-camp cabin near Thief Lake in northwest Minnesota will swiftly unfold — and likely ...

NICOLLET -- Gathered in the cabin that my father and his brothers built, on the land my grandfather and great grandfather have owned, we sat Sept. 29 in anticipation of the next day. A 9 a.m. reveille ...

CO (Conservation Officer) Brady Manteufel (Bagley) a bear causing damage to hay and hay bale covers was reported. Manteufel checked waterfowl hunters and some anglers this week. Fair to good success ...

I was surprised to see another hunter had beaten me to the boat ramp. Waves from a hard north wind were lapping against the bank when the graying man walked up to me and asked if I was hunting alone.

CO Andrew Goodman (Perham) found a good number of deer hunters out opening weekend of muzzleloader season. Fresh snow and a ...

ON DEVILS LAKE -- The decoys are set just outside the cattails on this unseasonably warm October morning. A couple pods of dabblers in close. A couple strings of divers stretching toward open water.

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