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Fishing daily limits are set for good reasons
By Scot Rall, Outdoor Columnist
April 10, 2024
It is sure starting to feel good outside. Temperatures in my neck of the woods this weekend are going to be in the high 60s. It makes me want to go fishing. The Minnesota opener is scheduled for May 10. Time to double-check to make sure the boat registration is up to date and that the motor starts without issue. I find it perplexing how you can put your stuff away for the winter, and without one…
Interesting time ahead for gun legislation in Minnesota
By Scott Rall, Outdoors columnist
March 06, 2024
This column is being written solely to generate discussion surrounding some proposed gun legislation being floated at the Minnesota State Capitol these days. I repeat, this is to create discussion and not explode the virtues one way or the other of these proposed legislations. Now, I am a gun guy and regularly spend time on the range participating in all kinds of recreational shooting, from…
Making and keeping a promise
By Scott Rall
July 11, 2023
If you are a regular reader of my columns, you will certainly know by now just how much of a public lands advocate I am. When I was 11 and my parents got me a new bike, I was a roving fisherman. I rode that bike all over my neck of the woods trying to find and catch whatever kind of fish I could. When I got a car and could then drive to a fishing or hunting spot, I was sure that my desire to…
Invasive trees simply must go before they take over grasslands
By Scott Rall
July 02, 2023
I planted a tree in my front yard about two years ago. It received more attention than any other tree I have ever put in the ground. After I watered and nurtured the tree for two years, the winter of 2022-2023 finally killed it off. The tree had a tube on it to keep the rabbits away. When the snow got taller than the tube, the rabbits started in. Each additional snow allowed them more access to…
'Scott Rall does Winnie the Pooh' is story behind raising first hunting puppy
By Scott Rall, outdoor columnist
May 12, 2020
We’re in the process of getting a new puppy, and it reminds me of the very first hunting dog puppy I ever had. I grew up with lap dogs, but this was a yellow Labrador named Scout, the first puppy from the first breeding at the newly created Round Lake Kennels around 1996. I knew about as much as nothing when it came to formal training, so I made all of the amateur mistakes a person could make. I…

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