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- By Minnesota DNRNovember 29, 2023For those hunting for holiday gift ideas, consider giving someone the opportunity for a lifetime of outdoor adventures with a Minnesota lifetime fishing or hunting license. The memory of time spent outdoors is one of the most meaningful gifts one can give. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources offers reduced rates for those under age 16 and over 50. Plus, if license prices increase or…
- By Minnesota DNRNovember 29, 2023Hunting pheasants, ruffed grouse, squirrels or rabbits offers opportunities to enjoy the Minnesota outdoors as temperatures fall and snow blankets the landscape. Pheasant hunting season is open through Jan. 1, 2024. On Dec. 1 the daily bag limit increases to three roosters, with a possession limit of nine roosters. The best places to find pheasants at this time of year are in tall grass or…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing general managerNovember 16, 2021This weekend marks the halfway point of the 2021 pheasant hunting season, so that means the really good hunting is about to begin. So far, however, pheasant hunting in Rock County is about as good as this year as it has been in many years, if not better. My 5-year-old English setter, Otis, and Hazel, my 12-year-old German Wirehair, have hunted three of the four new Rock County walk-in parcels and…
By Rick Peterson, general managerJanuary 12, 2021With the start of the New Year, the pheasant hunting season came to an end. Because the New Year’s Day holiday fell on a Friday, the season extended through Sunday, Jan. 3. The season for me was a success in so many ways, and none of the success was because of the number of birds I harvested. In fact, I missed more roosters than I hit, and that means there were a lot of birds to take aim at. My…
By Rick Peterson, general managerNovember 03, 2020About a month ago, Scott Rall wrote in his column the reasons you should carry a cell phone with you while hunting. Carrying a cell phone while in the field is something I have been doing from the time I traded my bag phone in for a flip phone. I hunt alone a lot, so carrying the cell phone is as important as my gun, shells, dogs and, of course, wearing blaze orange. I hunt for a variety of…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistOctober 06, 2020I have been fortunate to be able to hunt upland birds all around the Upper Midwest for about the last 20 years. Many hunters will hunt in some years and skip other years if the bird numbers are not as high as they wished. There is lots of competition for time in the fall. There is great fishing, bow and gun hunting for deer, and ice angling in the later parts of November and beyond. I love doing…- By Scott RallMarch 11, 2020I was recently discussing what percentage of sportsmen and women fudge on the rules a little in terms of game and fish regulations. For some reason there is a segment of this group that does not place the same emphasis on game and fish rules as they do other regulations. I have never had even one game violation in over 45 years spent in the outdoors. This is not meant to be a feat of any kind.…
- February 11, 2020To the Editor: It was with great dismay that I read Scott Rall's column, “When Choosing a Lab Puppy, Research Hip Genetics First.” This column not only suggests that hunting dogs cannot be pets, but that they are also a waste of time should they fail to perform. As an owner of both an occasional-hunting hunting dog and a rescue, I am here to inform you that they are pets first. I've…
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