Points North: Thawed Out and Waiting for the Winter We Need
By Shawn Perich At daybreak Saturday morning the night’s darkness lingered, reluctant to retreat from a weak December sun struggling to penetrate the gloom. I...
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Points North: Emptiness Where the Hunting Ought to Be
By Shawn Perich “Did you ever wonder if you’re the only hunter who doesn’t have trail cameras set up everywhere?” my friend asked me as...
Points North: Kantner Makes Life in the Arctic Come Alive
By Shawn Perich In recent weeks I’ve played email and telephone tag with Seth Kantner of Kotzebue, Alaska, attempting to set up an interview. Kantner...
Points North: Young Hunter Overcomes Adrenaline to Shoot His First “Real Deer”
By Shawn Perich Life is filled with firsts and last weekend, 15-year-old Joe Hamsmith of Duluth passed a hunting milestone. Deep in a North Shore...
Points North: Deer Haul Becomes a Drag after Dark
By Shawn Perich On the evening before deer season, a spike buck was grazing in my backyard. He started hanging around in August and is...
Points North: Times Change, But Freedom is Where You Find It
By Shawn Perich We stopped at Smokey’s Place for dinner two nights in a row because we were in the vicinity, even though we drove...
Best Day Trips in the BWCAW
By Bryan Hansel The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is primarily used by canoeists taking a canoe camping trip, but that isn’t the only way...
A Visit to Minnesota’s Oldest Co-op
By Joan Farnam Freelance Writer The Finland Cooperative and General Store in Finland, Minn., is a friendly place. Founded in 1913 to serve loggers and...