Doug Smith
Reporter | Outdoors
Phone: 612-673-7667
E-mail: dsmith@startribune.com
Doug Smith covers outdoors issues and writes about hunting and fishing.
Recent content from Doug Smith
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Anglers let 59-inch muskie go
Randy Porubcan and Gene Crowder released a muskie on Lake Vermilion they say was 59 inches long with a 29-inch girth. A muskie that size would weigh 59 to 62 pounds. The state record weighed 54 pounds.
Oct 25, 2009 -
Why we hunt: A fond farewell to a great companion
Abby reached the end of her life at 15 years, but the memories the old hunting dog provided will last a lifetime.
Oct 17, 2009 -
Almanac: Pheasants are tough to find but not ducks
The weather last week continued to help duck hunters -- but hinder pheasant hunters. Little crop harvest occurred because of the wet fields.
Oct 17, 2009 -
Dale Kenning: Slowed, but still shooting
A stroke last winter has complicated the hunting life of Hutchinson's Dale Kenning, but the call of Saturday's pheasant opener was impossible to resist. "It's just fun to be out here," he said.
Oct 13, 2009 -
Hunters could find it rough going during early pheasant opener
Minnesota's 100,000 or so pheasant hunters could find tough going Saturday for the season opener.
Oct 3, 2009 -
Big question goes unanswered in survey of duck hunters
The state's latest such study shows that waterfowlers remain a passionate group, but it doesn't explain why they are fewer in number.
Oct 3, 2009 -
Mountain lion roadkill is a first
Minnesota gets its first confirmed roadkill of a mountain lion; Kent Hrbek says he's moving on from his outdoors show.
Sep 27, 2009 -
Sharpshooters killing 700 elk
In January, a female at the farm near Pine Island was found to have CWD, a fatal brain disease. A USDA agency is killing all 700 elk.
Sep 22, 2009 -
Grouse, woodcock should provide best fall hunting
If you're handicapping the fall hunting seasons, Saturday's grouse and woodcock opener might be your odds-on favorite.
Sep 19, 2009 -
On outdoors: Flush with grouse but not hunters
The wily fowl are out there in abundance, but the number of small-game hunters in Minnesota -- a grouse mecca -- is rapidly dwindling.
Sep 16, 2009
