Epic muskie day lifts young fishing guide into rare air
Benjamin Knutson achieved the inconceivable by landing two 50-inch muskies on the same outing on Mille Lacs.
Challenges of social distancing on trails revealed in University of Minnesota study
Though two-thirds of encounters feature users moving apart, more than half don't include safe distancing.
New cookbooks for hunters, anglers and foragers are field guides of a different sort
A new stack of cookbooks are inspired by the resources of the land.
Local
Roadkill remedy: MnDOT tunnel now offers deer passage under highway
The 200-foot-long culvert passes below Hwy. 14, where deer vs. vehicle collisions are common.
Politics
Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France's coast
Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
Outdoors
Other wild game cookbooks to consider
From venison to fish, there's cooking tips for anything you might shoot, catch and eat.
Outdoors
Naturalist has been watching freeze-up for decades; don't equate it with ice safety
The phenomena of lakes freezing over is interesting and quite spectacular.
Outdoors
A tradition of cabin life keeps humming Up North
Cabin Country: Yes, it's a long drive. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is 600 feet from the back door, but there is peace here.
Duluth
Voyageurs National Park gains dark sky certification
Certification ensures that Voyageurs National Park will be protected.
![Tony Jones baptized his 14-year old son, Aidan, as a neophyte voyageur at the completion of the Height of Land Portage in the BWCA. ] Aaron Lavinsky �](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/womensvote100/20201214231657im_/https://stmedia.stimg.co/ows_156340343390741.jpg?h=150&w=200&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Part 1: A rainy start and sore shoulders foreshadowed the adventure to come for a father and son on the lakes near the Minnesota-Canada border.
Duluth
Brighter horizons for men of color meeting outdoors
Duluth-area men find rewards in the outdoors and ask why so few Black and brown people know the feeling.
Local
DNR: Wisconsin kids shot more than 40 deer, 1 horse
Two groups of juveniles from Clark County are responsible for fatally shooting more than 40 deer and a horse which the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said were "thrill kills."
Outdoors
Bull elk is second-largest on record taken in Minnesota
The 7-by-8 rack with a gross score of 380 and a net score of a little more than 367 is now the second-largest Minnesota elk scored for the Boone and Crockett conservation club.
Outdoors
Anderson: A day afield with sharpshooting Delaney a brush with greatness
Loral I Delaney remains colorful and has a remarkable history as a dog trainer and expert shot.
Outdoors
3 Minnesotans to show off their chops at world axe-throwing championships
Thanks to this fast growing sport, axe throwing isn't just for lumberjacks anymore.
Outdoors
Eating and storing food are a squirrel's life in late autumn
Acorns, hickory nuts, black walnuts, butternuts, and maple seeds supply much of the gray squirrels diet from late summer to the following spring.
Outdoors
Getting a handle on axe throwing: a primer
Handles are limited to 19 inches, blades to four inches and three pounds.
Outdoors
Cabin on Lake of the Woods is a reach that's well worth it
Many friends have asked why we have a cabin so far away, but once they get there, they understand that Flag Island is a special place.
Outdoors
California monolith pops up after finds in Utah, Romania
Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up and then quickly vanished, this time from the pinnacle of a trail in California.
Outdoors
Ron Lindner, who founded a family fishing empire, dies at 86
Lindner, of Brainerd, described himself as a daydreamer but worked obsessively as a salesman, fishing guide, inventor, educator, storyteller, outdoors pioneer and ambassador.
Local
DNR turns to helicopters for restocking fish in remote lakes
The DNR used to drop trout from planes, but recently tried using a helicopter with more success.
Outdoors
Death in the BWCA: Absence on holiday is a piercing reminder
Twenty nine-year-old Billy Cameron was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed visiting Minnesota's North Woods. But an outing last May proved tragic, and the details surrounding his death might give pause to even the most avid paddlers.
Variety
More hunters afield, more deer taken in Wisconsin this fall
More Wisconsin hunters took to the field this fall, and they brought home more deer during the just-completed gun season.
South Metro
1 of 2 duck hunters whose boat capsized south of Twin Cities has died
A duck hunter has died after the boat he and another hunter were in capsized in a lake south of the Twin Cities, authorities said…
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