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Outdoors
05/11/2008 12:00 AM
What a difference a year can make. If you recall, April 2007 in the northland was very mild; ice-out and leaf-out was early. In fact, by the first week of May most of the quaking aspen and cottonwood were entirely leafed out, oaks were well on their way, and chokecherry trees were blooming everywhere. It was an early spring in northern Minnesota to be sure.
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Forum Communications Co.
As the clock strikes midnight, some anglers open the Minnesota fishing season long before the sun rises
Otter Tail Lake, Minn. - Fishermen of all kinds were in the dark before the sun rose Saturday.
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Wood duck
Sean Hall of Cloquet, Minn., photographed this wood duck on the morning of April 26 near Floodwood, Minn. Hall said he photographed the duck with a homemade 6mp trail camera.
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| Master guide |
Forum Communications Co.
Less is better. That’s the advice professional fishing guide Ross Hagemeister (pictured right) offers for the novice or occasional anglers
who plan to cast a line during Saturday’s Minnesota fishing opener.
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| Rick Bohn |
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Rick Bohn of Woodworth, N.D., photographed this pintail duck April 20 while he took a break taking pictures of shaptail grouse from his blind
southeast of Woodworth.
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| Deer ticks |
Associated Press
Deer ticks that cause Lyme disease and other ailments are moving north and west in Minnesota, and health officials say people should be on the lookout for the tiny critters now that spring is here.
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| Camouflage |
Associated Press
Being a sportsman himself, Tom Conroy understands the excitement and pounding pulse hunters feel when they finally find the prey they’re pursuing within the sights of their guns.
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| Male sage grouse |
Associated Press
A record-low number of male sage grouse counted on strutting grounds in North Dakota this spring has prompted state biologists to call for no hunting season for the first time in 45 years.
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Forum Communications Co.
With the Minnesota fishing season opening Saturday, anglers should be aware of some new fishing regulations on area lakes.
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Ice or no ice, the fishing season opens at midnight tonight
Paul Nelson
The 2008 fishing season will open at 12:01 am Saturday morning, whether there is ice left on the lakes or not. The season opens Saturday for walleyes, northern pike and trout in lakes, with the opener for bass (May 24) and muskies (June 7) later this spring.
Sparrows and their allies are passing through
Blane Klemek
Old Sam Peabody has been stopping by lately. I normally see him every year about this time, including autumn. He’s a pleasant looking fellow with a fine disposition and the sweetest voice you’ve ever heard. Singing, you see, is his forte, and anyone hearing his medley won’t likely forget it. Yes, Old Sam Peabody is another of my favorite birds: the white-throated sparrow.
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