When Freud Goes Deer Hunting
By Shawn Perich In a recent email conversation with a Canadian friend, the topic of baiting deer arose. Actually I brought it up by mentioning...
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Points North Always, the Devil Is in the Details
By Shawn Perich While many advocates for wildlife and fisheries management believe this vital aspect of conservation would benefit from a broader constituency, the path...
Points North North Dakota’s “Radical” Conservationists and Minnesota’s Designer Deer Hunt
By Shawn Perich Last month my pickup broke down as I passed through a small town in southwestern North Dakota. The truck sputtered to a...
Point North Serendipity in the Deer Woods
By Shawn Perich Out in the deer woods, about the only thing you can predict with any certainty is serendipity. Spend enough time hunting out...
Points North But No Cigar
By Shawn Perich The sound of gurgling water, punctuated by an occasional snort, emanated from the frozen beaver pond. Appaarently, something was going on beneath...
Points North Shut Up and Hunt
By Shawn Perich Dad never paid much mind to prognostications about upcoming deer seasons. Whether deer numbers were said to be low or high really...
It’s a Tough Business, But Loggers Love It
By Shawn Perich Stan Nelson Jr. loves the North Shore and Grand Marais, but he likes it best when he heads into the woods. “I...
Points North On the North Shore, Planting Pines and Planning a Super Sale
By Shawn Perich Looking at the young red pine in the backyard, my first thought was, not again! A buck had rubbed his antlers against...