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Reporter | Outdoors

Phone: 612-673-7667

Doug Smith, a Minnesota native, has been covering fishing, hunting and other natural resource and outdoor issues since 1995.

Revved up: Saving a piece of snowmobile history

Snowmobile collectors and fans from across the United States will gather this weekend at Lake Waconia to show off and inspect some 800 vintage sleds dating to the 1950s.

Updated: January 23, 2013, - 07:32 AM

Firearms sales mean big bucks to states

Excise taxes on increased gun and ammunition sales goes back to state DNRs for wildlife projects and hunter education.

Updated: January 19, 2013, - 06:34 PM

Number of dogs killed by traps concerns owners

Hunters and other dog lovers join forces with legislators seeking to prevent more dogs killed by traps.

Updated: January 15, 2013, - 11:00 PM

'Judas' fish could fight Asian carp

Planted carp will find existing groups so they can be targeted.

Updated: January 13, 2013, - 11:55 PM

Per plan, deer harvest shrinks Whitetail harvest drops 4 percent

Minnesota's deer harvest in 2012 was down 4 percent from the previous year -- and was the lowest kill in 13 years.

Updated: January 12, 2013, - 07:03 PM

Women in the wild: New group seeks to boost hunters, anglers

As the DNR reaches out to women hunters, veterans of the hunt are mentoring others and launching their own recruiting effort.

Updated: January 08, 2013, - 10:32 PM

Early findings: Wolf hunt more successful here than out West

The analysis of Minnesota's recently concluded wolf season will take months as researchers survey hunters and trappers and examine teeth and reproductive tracts from the 412 wolves killed. But already several interesting facts have surfaced:

Updated: January 08, 2013, - 09:59 PM