New Film Introduces Hunting to Adults
Mark Norquist, founder of the website Modern Carnivore, believes it’s never too late in life to become a hunter. “It doesn’t matter if you didn’t...
Shawn Perich
Public Land: It belongs to all of us
The difference between here and there is striking. Drive Highway 61 along Lake Superior’s North Shore in autumn and you’ll encounter endless traffic as hordes...
A duck hunting adventure in the swamp
Sunup was rapidly approaching as I started tossing out decoys. Had I shown up earlier, perhaps I would have bagged some of the ducks and...
Northern Farmers Face Challenges, Find Satisfaction
When you think about the Northern Wilds, farming is not the first thing to come to mind. After all, this is the land of tall...
On the Nipigon River, giant brook trout capture a bass man
If you fish for brook trout, one word can set your imagination on fire: Nipigon. If there is a Nirvana for brook trout anglers, this...
African hunts draw Duluth man closer to the natural world
Mike Schrage of Duluth can easily explain why he enjoys going hunting in Africa. On a trip to Namibia with his wife, Jen Smith, a...
Biologists puzzled by ruffed grouse decline
After he went grouse hunting last fall, Ted Dick had to eat some crow. As the Minnesota DNR’s forest game bird coordinator, Dick had predicted,...
Lost, Found and Found Again
Once in a while, life delivers a mystery. Last spring, we were fishing for steelhead on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior, way over on...