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Dan Ohden of Raymond checks out the wide array of blaze orange gear Thursday at Runnings in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Deer hunters preparing to take to the fields

NEW LONDON -- Hunters are looking forward to the opening of the deer firearm season on Saturday with lots of optimism, and they should. Anecdotal evidence indicates that deer numbers...

news / local / region Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 12:00am

Brian Benson sits Saturday with his daughter, Haley, 4, as they prepare to check one of her colored Easter eggs for prizes during the 19th annual Willmar Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt at the Kennedy Elementary School playground in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

The hunting party

news Mon, Apr 09, 2012 - 12:00am

Finding pheasants tougher this year

By Sam Cook Northland Outdoors MADISON, Minn. -- We knew what we were up against when we heard the neighboring farmer's report after picking 72 acres of corn. "I picked...

Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
Paul Johannes was tapped to help lead the hunting party of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, top right, with his gun dogs. Johannes is shown with two of the four Springer Spaniels he led. The party of four hunters bagged two roosters while working public land on the Lac qui Parle wildlife area.

Willmar dog trainer guides governor's party

By Tom Cherveny tcherveny@wctrib.com LAC QUI PARLE -- Working his dogs to flush ringtails is nothing new for Paul Johannes. Doing so on behalf of the Governor and Speaker of...

outdoors Sat, Oct 22, 2011 - 12:50am

Tom Brusven, chair of the Chippewa County chapter of Pheasants Forever, led this group of hunters during the Governor's Pheasant Opener. From left are Brusvben, Joe Hoppe, Satveer Chaudhary, Tracy Ekola, Lindberg Ekola and Sam Claassen.

Getting birds was a bonus

By Tom Cherveny tcherveny@wctrib.com They were keeping score at the Governor's Pheasant Opener, and at the end of the day it added up to 52 roosters harvested and some 352...

outdoors Sat, Oct 22, 2011 - 12:46am

Game wardens report increase in trespassing calls

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) -- Conservation officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are reporting an increase in complaints from landowners about hunters trespassing on their property. Minnesota's small...

news / state / outdoors Wed, Oct 19, 2011 - 1:13pm

Man not seriously hurt in S.D. hunting accident

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a hunter was shot in the face, arms and legs with pellets in an accident in northeast South Dakota's Faulk County. Game, Fish and...

news / nation / outdoors Wed, Oct 19, 2011 - 12:11pm

Kurt Nelson has an agreement to sell about 75 acres of land in Lake Johanna Township of Pope County to Pheasants Forever, which wants to transfer it to the state of Minnesota. The property contains fens, wetlands, an oak- covered esker ridge and the county's only designated trout stream cuts through a corner of it.
(Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Prime hunting land is target for 'no net gain' debate in west central Minnesota

LAKE JOHANNA TOWNSHIP, POPE COUNTY -- Kurt Nelson has 80 acres of land in the southeast corner of Pope County that are the kind often touted in the classified ads...

outdoors / region Sat, Apr 30, 2011 - 7:50am

This is the first time in more than 40 years that it is possible to hunt geese at the Lac qui Parle refuge. The December hunt at the refuge is being looked at as a learning experience, but hunters have praised the expanded opportunity it represents. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Lac qui Parle Refuge in December

WATSON -- Hunting geese in December takes some adjustment and, as we discovered, some cooperation from Mother Nature. For the first time ever, there's a December goose hunting season at...

outdoors / region Sat, Dec 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Darren Augeson had spotted this big buck twice before the season, but didn't know its antlers sprouted 18-points until he reached him after downing him in a grove north of Montevideo on Nov. 9. "It was one of those that grew instead of shrunk when you got to him," he said. It's expected to gross score over 190, he said. Submitted photo

Good hunting produces good-luck stories for many this season

MONTEVIDEO -- "I'd rather be lucky than good," says Darren Augeson of Montevideo. Augeson had both luck and some good, old-fashioned preseason scouting on his side when he harvested an...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Nov 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Brad Karl of Hutchinson shot his 24-point buck on public lands on the south end of Big Kandiyohi Lake on the last day of the 2004 firearm season. It put him in the record books with a Boone and Crockett score of 225, but he hasn't shot a deer since moving to a new hunting locale north of Bemidji. He's planning to return to the spot that produced this trophy for the start of the 2010 season, hoping to end his dry spell. Tribune file photo

'King Buck' has taken all his luck

LAKE LILLIAN -- Brad Karl is returning to the hunting spot that put him in the record books. Karl, of Hutchinson, said earlier this week that he planned to open...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Nov 06, 2010 - 12:00am

How 'bout them deer?

WILLMAR -- Less corn and more deer add up to great prospects for deer hunters taking to the field for the opening of the 2010 firearm season today. "We expect...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Nov 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Two changes to keep in mind

The new phone-in registration system and a new regulation prohibiting the cross-tagging of bucks are changes that hunters should be aware of this season, said Jeff Miller, assistant wildlife manager...

outdoors / local / region Sat, Nov 06, 2010 - 12:00am

Portions of Marsh Lake islands to be closed for waterfowl hunting

MARSH LAKE -- Waterfowl hunters are being advised that portions of islands in Marsh Lake will be closed during the waterfowl season as a precaution to prevent the possible spread...

news / region Sat, Sep 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Annual fox hunt more about the dogs

When a person hears about a fox hunt, one naturally thinks about a bunch of people riding around on their thoroughbred horses wearing red or black jackets with jodhpurs following...

outdoors Sat, Sep 11, 2010 - 12:00am

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