outdoors

Over a dozen years ago when I took my two young kids on a simple little sharp-tailed grouse hunt along an old fence line adjacent to a grassy field, my...

The good news is the snowmobile trails are in great shape in most of northern Minnesota so there is no need to travel to the Upper Pennisula in Michigan to...

As the snow melts and springtime green-up approaches, observing the first migrating birds is always something to look forward to. And though the sighting of that first Canada goose or...

The end of the walleye season does not mean ice fishing is over for the year. It just means anglers will need to switch gears and fish for panfish or...

GARRISON (AP) — State fisheries officials meet with Mille Lacs Lake area residents and business owners near Garrison on Wednesday to discuss how to cut the walleye harvest this year...

A friend of mine recently showed a PowerPoint presentation of his experiences as a helicopter pilot in the Army National Guard and his deployment to Iraq in the late 2000s...

CASS LAKE – Leech Lake Youth Sports is sponsoring a perch derby Saturday, March 9 on Pike Bay. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and continue through 3 p.m...

The gamefish season on the inland waters of Minnesota close Sunday at midnight. This is the last weekend anglers will be able to fish for walleyes and northern pike in...

ST. CLOUD – Tiny amounts of chemicals in Minnesota lakes might be having a big effect on some fish populations, according to two new studies by Minnesota researchers. From the...

Last year there were 5 million boat launches in Minnesota. There were two zebra mussel veligers discovered in Lake Winnibigoshish this past summer. My point: there are countless opportunities for...

UPPER PENNISULA, Mich. – One dog was killed and two others injured early Sunday when a Northland musher’s sled dog team collided with a truck at a road crossing while...

During our latest snow event, I noticed that the wild birds at my feeders were especially active. Blue jays, pine grosbeaks, common red polls, chickadees, and nuthatches were busily feeding...