Gov. Tim Walz shares a lighthearted moment with Kandiyohi County Board chair George “Corky” Berg moments before the pheasant season opened on Saturday morning (Oct. 16, 2021) for their hunt in southern Kandiyohi County.
Governor Walz Press Office photo

Northland Outdoors 2:56 pm, Oct. 17, 2021

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz visits Kandiyohi County Saturday for pheasant opener

Gov. Tim Walz was in Kandiyohi County Saturday morning for the opening of the 2021 pheasant hunting season. Walz's hunting party bagged two birds, and he shot one of them. The hunt took place on private land.

Waves crash against the side of the boat Friday, June 4, 2021, during a bouncy ride across Lake of the Woods from the south shore to Flag Island on Minnesota's Northwest Angle. Brad Dokken/ Grand Forks Herald

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Dokken: Magazine promo triggers memories of dicey moments in the great outdoors

An angler holds a nice yellow perch caught on Cut Foot Sioux Lake. The Minnesota DNR is tyring to find how widespred a problem is of perch shrinking in size and number, and what's causing the decline.
Clint Austin / 2016 file / Duluth News Tribune

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Minnesota has a problem with perch, its 'keystone species,' and causes may vary

Bemidji native Sarah Smith, left, and her husband, Kevin Long, with their dog, Brandy. The couple founded The Dyrt, the No. 1 camping app in the U.S., and are now adding 30 employees to their payroll. You can work from anywhere, even a campground.
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Minnesota native heads nation’s top camping app (and they're hiring)

The Minnesota DNR recommends wearing life jackets whenever you are out on the water. Forum News Service

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Minnesota boating-related deaths match 16-year high

Mike Frisch with two big largemouth bass caught during the month of October.
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Frisch: October is perfect time to target trophies

White-tailed deer are especially susceptible to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, which has been prevalent this fall in much of western North Dakota and confirmed for the first time in the northern Red River Valley. The whitetail buck in this undated file photo is healthy. Contributed/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department

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For some deer hunters, finding of fatal disease in northern Red River Valley dampens hunting season prospects

Permits to possess are free and available from North Dakota game wardens and local law enforcement offices. Contributed / North Dakota Game and Fish Department

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Northland Outdoors Forecast: A dry, sunny weekend

Minnesota's statewide youth deer hunt for hunters age 10-17 is set for Oct. 21-24.
Sam Cook / 2003 file / Duluth News Tribune

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Minnesota statewide youth deer season starts Oct. 21

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North Dakota Game and Fish asks for reports of fish, wildlife violations

Whooping cranes. Contributed / North Dakota Game and Fish Department

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Whooping crane migration begins over North Dakota. Here's what you can do

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Leier: Defining a successful hunt

A whitetail buck in the final stages of the always-fatal chronic wasting disease.
Contributed / Warden Micheal Hopper, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism

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Minnesota DNR puts temporary ban on transport of farmed deer to halt chronic wasting disease

A rooster ringneck pheasant.
Contributed / Pennsylvania Game Commission

Northland Outdoors 9:20 am, Oct. 11, 2021

Minnesota pheasant season by the numbers

These elk came to Itasca State Park in the early 1900s through funding from the legislature aimed at restoring the elk population in northern Minnesota. Elk descended from this herd still live in northern Minnesota today. Contributed/Itasca State Park.

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Elk of Itasca, populated a century ago, now run free

White-tailed deer are most susceptible to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, known as EHD, for short, and transmitted by a biting midge. (Contributed/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department)

Northland Outdoors 6:19 pm, Oct. 10, 2021

North Dakota Game and Fish confirms EHD in deer near Drayton

Randy Noordmans leads a bicycling group on the Paul Bunyan Trail North of Pine River on one pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Travis Grimler / Echo Journal

Northland Outdoors 10:00 am, Oct. 9, 2021

Central Minnesota bike group outings are enjoyable recreational, social activity

A 200-grain single bevel Iron Will broadhead is covered in dirt after embedding deep in the ground after a perfect passthrough on a whitetail doe during the Minnesota archery hunting season on Sept. 22, 2021. The broadhead is now sharpened and ready to reuse again throughout the rest of the season. (Eric Morken / Alexandria Echo Press)

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Morken: Thoughts on arrow weight and broadheads after two early-season does in Minnesota

Members fo the North Dakota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers help with cleanup in Snakey Creek in Moorhead. Submitted / River Keepers

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Fargo-Moorhead River Keepers seek help with cleanup efforts

A pheasant crosses South Dakota prairie in the fall of 2021. (Luke Hagen / Mitchell Republic)

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South Dakota pheasant season beginning without a state-sanctioned bird count

Nathan Mytych of Grand Forks with the 38-inch sturgeon he caught Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, on the Red River in Grand Forks. Contributed/ Tom Luney

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Dokken: Sturgeon catch bodes well for species' continued recovery in the Red River Basin

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North Dakota Outdoors: How drought conditions are affecting wildlife, fisheries

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Northland Outdoors Forecast: Wet and cooler weather this weekend

Bob McLaughlin, left, manager of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center ambulance services; Gary Griffin, Crow Wing County Land Services Director; Ryan Simonson, Crow Wing County environmental services supervisor; state Rep. Dale Lueck; Aaron Hautala, president emeritus of the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew; and Capt. Adam Kronstedt of the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office discuss a possible location Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, of an extraction point for emergency medical services south of Cruser's Kettle trail in Cuyuna.
Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch

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Bike crash prompts look at improving emergency access in Crow Wing County

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