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October 31, 2015
Hunters who forget to carry their licenses into the field can be ticketed and fined. In some instances, warnings might instead be issued.

Anderson: Get to know Minnesota deer laws

Staying legal while deer hunting in Minnesota can be tricky. Laws and regulations governing everything from tagging a downed deer to registering and transporting it must be followed.
South Metro
October 31, 2015
In the Vermillion River, in Dakota County, the world-class trout stream is known to produce brown trout 20 inches or longer and other trophy fish. Dak

Lakeville South students will raise trout, star in educational video

The students will release hundreds of fish into the Vermillion River.
Outdoors
October 30, 2015

Anderson: Justice wheels grind slowly in poaching case

The poaching case against Joshua Liebl led Gov. Mark Dayton in the last legislative session to urge lawmakers to toughen the state's penalties in serious poaching cases — a request that was largely ignored.
Outdoors
October 30, 2015
The Split Rock lighthouse was one of the sites during the flight in the C-130. ] (KYNDELL HARKNESS/STAR TRIBUNE) kyndell.harkness@startribune.com A fl

Dispatch: Beacon lighting to honor Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew

Event planned at Split Rock Lighthouse to mark the sinking, honor the crew.
Outdoors
October 29, 2015
De Lyle Pankratz, right, with Chuck Coners at entrance to Atikokan trail system, which is on Ontario side of Voyageurs National Park and across the bo

My Outdoor Life: One spent on and around snowmobiles

Planning, developing, maintaining trail systems – DeLyle Pankratz has done it.
Outdoors
October 29, 2015
Weinandts at Itasca State Park, Mississippi River headwaters.

9,000 miles. 10,000 photos. One bear. Every Minnesota state park.

Shakopee couple were visitors to all, piling up knowledge in an eight-month odyssey that was part adventure, part history lesson, part nature-appreciation seminar and part endurance test.
Outdoors
October 29, 2015
Furrow spiders have been common near houses and in gardens this fall.

Nature Notes: As the wind goes, so do spiderlings

'Ballooning' on trailing filaments of silk, spiders can travel great distances.
Outdoors
October 29, 2015
Halloween

Do This Now: Halloween is clearly in the air – and woods

Ghost walk at Whitewater State Park; night creatures at Jay Cooke.
Outdoors
October 29, 2015
Lande cabin

Cabin Country: Grandpa built it in 1965; they fill it

A lot of summers were spent building the dwelling dubbed Windmill Pines.
October 29, 2015
Lynn Rogers, founder and Executive Director of the North American Bear Center in Ely.

Minn. Supreme Court declines to hear Ely bear researcher's case

The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to reconsider a decision barring wildlife researcher Lynn Rogers from putting radio collars on black bears.
Outdoors
October 27, 2015
A young duck hunter at dawn last month. Star Tribune photo by Doug Smith

What waterfowl hunters think: Survey reflects opinions from 1,700 Minnesota hunters

The U's 2014 survey for the DNR of 1,700 hunters gauged various opinions of state's waterfowlers
Local
October 27, 2015
In this 2009 photo, guide Tony Roach landed a walleye while ice fishing on Lake Mille Lacs. The DNR said anglers can keep one fish this winter.

Mille Lacs anglers will get one-walleye bag limit this winter

DNR says Lake Mille Lacs cap will help ongoing conservation efforts at the popular site.
Outdoors
October 24, 2015

Hot hunting: Warm autumns have become a disruptive pattern

For 15 of the past 17 falls, Minnesota's average temperatures from September through November have been above average.
Outdoors
October 24, 2015
A South Dakota pheasant hunt.

Anderson: Hunters with gadgets not shooting game any easier

The notion that modern gadget-laden hunters have an easier time than their forbears doesn't hold up
West Metro
October 24, 2015
David Hillstrom treated an area on Christmas Lake for zebra mussels Sept. 8, 2014. Federal and state crews tested a product called Zequanox to try an

State halts zebra mussel project in west metro after major setback

Minnesota officials are halting treatments to eradicate invasive zebra mussels in Christmas Lake after realizing that experimental chemicals failed to stop the mollusks from reproducing.
Outdoors
October 23, 2015
Big Sit, 2015

Official tally at the Big Sit: A lot of birds – and good times

Just who showed up to watch and listen at Coldwater Spring? Here is a look.
Outdoors
October 23, 2015
Working to get a buggy upright at Freedom Ridge.

Minnesota off-road activity gets better traction

Opportunities expand in the state's active world of off-road driving. Freedom Ridge off-road park south of Atwater is a prime example.
Outdoors
October 22, 2015

Anderson: From father to daughter, love of the hunt passes down

Kyle Larson never had an opportunity to hunt with his dad but is making memories with daughter Lydia.
Outdoors
October 22, 2015
If the sight of a large buck rub like this doesn't stiir your blood, check your pulse. You might be dead.

Afield with Bill Marchel: Separating whitetail fact from fiction

A lot of hunters preach gospel about the rut and other things. Question it.
Outdoors
October 22, 2015
Photo courtesy of Nate Ptacek. Dave and Amy Freeman paddle on their way to D.C. to bring attention to saving the Boundary Waters.

Follow adventurers on their 'Year in the Wilderness' of the BWCAW

Freemans are doing weekly podcasts from the wilds of Boundary Waters.
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