The Becker County Sportsmen's Club improved its shooting range barriers with nearly 900 semi-truck tires filled with sand, more than doubling the previous barriers to about 14 feet tall. (Michael Achterling / Tribune)

Northland Outdoors Nov 29th 2020 - 12am

Minnesota sportsmen's club upgraded range makes sure overshooting doesn't become an issue

The Becker County Sportsmen's Club on Highway 10 east of Detroit Lakes completed an $18,000 barrier wall refurbishment to their shooting ranges. The project more than doubled the range backstop height to nearly 14 feet, which makes the ranges safer and more appealing to novice shooters.

Building and maintaining an ice road, such as the Island Road from Young's Bay to Oak and Flag islands on the Northwest Angle, is a major undertaking. (Photo courtesy of Lake of the Woods Tourism)

Northland Outdoors Nov 28th 2020 - 10am

All systems go for winter road on lake and land to Minnesota's Northwest Angle, partners say

Theories abound as to why crows descend upon Rochester and other towns each night to spend the night. Warmth and safety are likely the primary factors, but so, too, are the many large trees that grow in urban “forests.” Pixabay photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 28th 2020 - 8am

BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: American crows can take up residence in the busiest towns

Lacey Lupien of Lancaster, Minn., shot this trophy bull elk Sunday, Sept. 6, in Kittson County near Lancaster. (Submitted photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 27th 2020 - 12pm

Bull elk shot is No. 2-scoring typical elk in Minnesota, certified measurer says

Northland Outdoors Nov 26th 2020 - 10am

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Mild Friday & Saturday, turning windy Sunday

Angela Leach, 11, shot her first buck, a 6-pointer, during the hunting season. Submitted photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 25th 2020 - 4pm

SHARE YOUR SHOT: Angela Leach shoots her first buck

Northland Outdoors Nov 24th 2020 - 6pm

Learn how late fall can be the best time to find and catch fish

Thousands of anglers gathered at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota on Jan. 22, 2011, for the 21st annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. (Forum News Service file photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 24th 2020 - 9am

Minnesota DNR 'in all likelihood' will not issue permits for ice fishing contests of more than 250 people this winter

Logan McFarren shot this 8-pointer on Sunday, Nov. 22. Submitted photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 24th 2020 - 9am

SHARE YOUR SHOT: Logan McFarren bags an 8-pointer

A man, wearing a life jacket, uses ice picks to pull himself out of the water and on to the ice. Photo courtesy the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Northland Outdoors Nov 24th 2020 - 7am

DNR urges caution around open water, newly formed ice

Chuck Ellingson grew up as a youth hunting geese in the Lac qui Parle area, and now has two sons, ages 5 and 7, who are being introduced to the outdoor life as well. Ellingson developed the Watson Hunting Camp to live his dream of making a living in the outdoors of the Lac qui Parle area. Submitted photo

Northland Outdoors Nov 22nd 2020 - 4pm

As a youth in the Twin Cities, western Minnesota outdoor life became his passion and a business

Photo by Craig Armstrong of Dickinson

Northland Outdoors Nov 22nd 2020 - 7am

10 gifts for the outdoors enthusiast: 2020’s hottest items for under the Christmas tree

By and large, Steller’s jays are the true “western” crested jay, whereas blue jays are the eastern species of crested jay. Indeed, of all the species of jays, only Steller’s and blue jays are crested. Pixabay photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 21st 2020 - 8am

BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: Steller’s jays are the true 'western' crested jay

Joshua Arel, 11, shot this 9-pointer recently in Shooks. Submitted photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 20th 2020 - 8pm

SHARE YOUR SHOT: Joshua Arel bags a 9-pointer

Older hunters are making up a larger share of the total people afield, and many Baby Boomers are now aging-out of the sport entirely at a time when few younger people are coming in. (News Tribune / file)

Northland Outdoors Nov 20th 2020 - 12pm

After the baby boomers, will younger hunters replace them? The numbers are grim

Chronic wasting disease is a disease of deer, moose and elk that is always fatal. Photo courtesy NDGF

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 9pm

Chronic wasting disease found in deer in Dakota, Olmsted counties

A new study found that wolves in Voyageur's National Park are altering their own ecosystem by preying on beavers and preveting forest from flooding. (Voyageurs Wolf Project photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 6pm

How Voyageurs National Park wolves are altering the landscape they live in

Gunner Ganske, 13, recently shot this 8-point buck west of Bemidji. Submitted photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 3pm

SHARE YOUR SHOT: Gunner Ganske shoots an 8-pointer

A campsite on one of hundreds of parcels of forest land totaling 72,000 acres being purchased by the Conservation Fund from PotlatchDeltic. It's the last forest land the company owns in the state and will now remain undeveloped, open to logging and public recreation. (The Conservation Fund photo by Jay Brittain)

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 1pm

Huge conservation land sale closes in northern Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Friday reported another wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, like this one in Dakota County. Meanwhile the Board of Animal Health reported four more tame deer were carrying CWD in Pine County. (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR)

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 1pm

2 more southern Minnesota deer test positive for chronic wasting disease

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 10am

Northland Outdoors Forecast: Chance of rain/snow Saturday night into Sunday

Paul Sandstrom sits with his great-niece, Kynslee. Sandstrom went missing in Becker County on Nov. 8 and was found deceased by Becker County Sheriff's Office deputies and other regional search and rescue entities, two days later. (submitted photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 19th 2020 - 9am

Finding peace, family of missing Minnesota hunter celebrates his life

Natinal forests across the Northland offfer $5 permits for cutting wild Christmas trees. The permits are now available onliine at recreation.gov as well as at local ranger stations. (U.S. Forest Service photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 18th 2020 - 6pm

National Forest Christmas tree permits now available online

Minnesota DNR conservation officer James Fogarty and a young girl from Prior Lake, Minn., with the caiman (a member of the crocodile family) found when the family removed their dock in the fall of 2019. Minnesota DNR photo.

Northland Outdoors Nov 18th 2020 - 4pm

Caimans and armadillos and snakes (in Minnesota), oh my!

Mike Frisch with a perch caught during the early portion of the ice-fishing season. (Contributed photo)

Northland Outdoors Nov 18th 2020 - 8am

Mike Frisch: Are you ready for ice fishing?

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