Outdoors
Log dwelling was intense combination of felling, peeling, building
Cabin Country: "We started our log cabin adventure with no real experience, no water, no electricity and no money."
Outdoors
Calling upon memories of encounters with whitetails in Minnesota
Calling upon memories of whitetail encounters.
Minneapolis
City mutt survived month alone in BWCA, close call with wolf
After getting lost in the BWCA and eluding rescuers, John Lundquist's pet is back home in Minneapolis.
Outdoors
Should deer season be delayed to better protect the bucks?
Since 1959, the Minnesota firearms deer season has opened on the Saturday nearest Nov. 6, linking it to the short window of time when bucks make themselves most vulnerable to ambush.
Outdoors
Search starts to find site for world-class shooting range
The Department of Natural Resources has officially kicked off the process for finding a location to potentially build a world-class shooting range and clubhouse to be used by state high school trapshooters and to attract other statewide, regional, national or international events.
Outdoors
Hunting questions for the DNR? Phone bank hours are extended
Information center will field calls later on weekdays, Saturday.
Outdoors
Outdoors
In court and in the lab, Minnesota battling to stop CWD in its tracks
Chronic wasting disease is lingering over the state in dramatic ways at a time when an estimated 500,000 hunters are poised to harvest more whitetails than they have in several years.
Outdoors
Anderson: Feeling the true north of Canada in wet, cold duck hunting adventure
Duck hunting on a Canadian marsh is a sensory experience.
Local
2 brothers from Twin Cities die in northern Minn. hunting trailer fire
It happened early Saturday in northern Minnesota near the town of Clearbrook, in Leon Township.
Outdoors
Up next: Minnesota firearms deer opener is Saturday
Shooting starts Saturday, half hour before sunrise.
Outdoors
Anderson: 100 years on, Minnesota family's deer camp endures
The Malvig camp still sticks to its foundation: Eating, playing, sleeping is done in a tent, as it has been for generations.
Outdoors
Minnesota wildlife artist finds his work in the field
Wildlife artist Mark Thone of Shakopee, who won this year's Minnesota duck stamp contest, goes in search of inspiration.
Local
Humans rescue trio of bears from locked dumpster on North Shore
The three bears' drama came to a happy ending Wednesday morning behind the Cascade Vacation Rentals office.
Outdoors
iCycle: Every day is an opportunity to roll around the metro
Minneapolis man is on one of his three bikes most days, all day, across the metro.
Outdoors
iCycle: Increasingly seeing opportunities to ride over drive
Minneapolis woman says she now rides, rather than drives, as much as she can.
Variety
Madi, Finn, Masia and Roxie: Star Tribune readers on their dogs
We asked readers to tell us about their once-in-a-lifetime dogs.
Outdoors
Small, quirky, perfect: Minnesota cabin got a new life
The place met important criteria: easy on the budget, good fishing, and close to home.
Outdoors
Watch for bands of blackbirds on the move morning and night
Jim Gilbert's Nature Notes: Big groups headed to and from their roosts, morning and night.
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