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John Barber swings aboard a crappie he caught on Wild Rice Lake near Duluth, Minn. “Seems just like the other day I was 21,” he said.

Brotherly Love

08/31/2008
It must seem easy for the Barber brothers, fishing this way. Driving up to Wild Rice Lake north of Duluth, Minn. Putting the 14-foot aluminum boat in at the ramp. Motoring anywhere they want to go with the 9.9-horsepower Johnson.

N.D. youth hunt in September

08/31/2008
North Dakota’s youth-only deer hunting season will be held for 14- and 15-year-old first-time hunters Sept. 12-21.

Natoma Buskness

Century of wilderness

08/24/2008
Chase Lake Wildlife Refuge celebrates 100 years of protecting pelicans
There are times Natoma Buskness will sit amongst the grasslands of the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge and soak in the view.

Photo of the week

08/24/2008
Wayne Mahlum of Glyndon, Minn., photographed this loon July 5 making a splash on Buffalo Lake located 12 miles north of Detroit Lakes, Minn.

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08/24/2008

Fishing guide Tom Wehler displays a tattoo of his favorite rock band, ZZ Top, on his arm while fishing Lake Vermilion in northeast Minnesota. He says the tattoo has always brought him luck while fishing. “They’re the
best dang band around,” Wehler said.

Tattoo Tom

08/17/2008
Fishing guide loves ZZ Top and his life on Lake Vermilion
Tom Wehler lives on an island on Lake Vermilion in northeast Minnesota just to be close to this kind of fishing action.

‘Fantastic views’

08/17/2008
Kent Hrbek takes his outdoors show to Medora
MEDORA, N.D. – Kent Hrbek says people will often tell him how nice his tan is. “I say, well, I don’t work indoors anymore,” Hrbek said. “I work outdoors.”

Photo of the week
Joe Antonoplos of south Fargo photographed these two juvenile Cooper’s hawks that have been nesting in his back yard this summer. “Most of the summer we have just been able to hear the adults and possibly the young ones,” Antonoplos wrote. “This past week, things became much more interesting. The juvelines (we believe there are three but have been able to photograph two together) apparently left the nest and are spending a great deal of time in the trees and on the wires.”

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Egg Hunt

08/10/2008
Florida keeps alligator farms full by culling wild nests
It’s 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers – or worse – if he’s not careful.

Photo of the week

08/10/2008
Gail Kircher of Reile’s Acres north of Fargo photographed these deer hiding in the weeds last month near Black Tiger Bay on Devils Lake, N.D.

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08/10/2008

Recent Columns

Laws have changed for hunting dogs

Doug Leier
Looking back over the history of hunting and conservation in North Dakota, there’s never a shortage of topics warranting a double-take. Even the contemporary populations of Canada geese, and realizing we’re allotting 100,000 more deer tags than in the 1970s fit that category.

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State Links
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
www.dnr.state.mn.us/

North Dakota Game and Fish Department
http://gf.nd.gov/

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
www.sdgfp.info/

Photo of the Week

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From bustling metro to untouched wilderness, you'll find experiences abound in Minnesota this summer. But before you can make memories, you have to make plans.

Here are some helpful links to exploreminnesota.com to get you started: