Points North: Will Habitat Loss Hurt Heartland Deer Hunting?
By Shawn Perich The Governor of South Dakota recently held a summit to discuss why the state’s pheasant population has plummeted, causing thousands of big-spending,...
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Points North: On the Great Plains, Is There Room for Buffalo to Roam?
By Shawn Perich The challenges of wildlife conservation on the Great Plains were featured in the Nov.-Dec. 2013 issue of Montana Outdoors, the official magazine...
Points North No Deer, No Problem By Shawn Perich
By Shawn Perich My hunting partner summed up my 2013 deer season in three words. “You got wolfed,” he said. Wolfed, indeed. On opening day...
Points North: In the Woods, Lawmakers Must Get a Better Bang for Conservation Bucks
One of Minnesota’s largest forest conservation programs recently was scrutinized by the Office of the State Legislative Auditor, which determined, in essence, that the program...
Points North – No Easy Answers to Ethanol Debate
By Shawn Perich The ethanol industry has been in the news as of late. A special investigative report by the Associated Press called The Secret...
Locavores Are a Welcome Addition to Hunting’s Rank-and-File
By Shawn Perich Outdoor News editor Rob Drieslein says he has trouble getting photographs of gun-toting deer hunters to use in the publication. Most photographs...
Points North Boxed Pumpkins and Hunting Out of the Box
By Shawn Perich Recently, I read a story about a Minnesota deer hunter who accidentally started his deer stand on fire. It took a moment...
Points North Canadian Couple has a Passion for Conservation
By Shawn Perich Gary and Joanie McGuffin can be described with one word: energy. In the 1980s, as newlyweds, the couple paddled 6,000 miles across...