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Pittsburgh fishing club offers kids free outings
PITTSBURGH — At the end of one of Angler Fishing Club's expeditions on Lake Carnegie — jaunts during which the Pittsburgh volunteer organization provides fishing equipment and lessons free of charge — a young girl realized her passion for the sport.
"I want to go fishing all the time now," she said.
"Then tell your mom or dad that you ...Read more
World-ranked archer picks up a rifle to join his family for deer season
PITTSBURGH — Behind a kaleidoscope of archery ribbons and medals at KJ's Pro Archery in Greene County, Pa., Kevin "KJ" Polish plots a massive breakfast and dinner feast for the opening of buck hunting season.
Bacon, sausage, ham, onion and peppers start sizzling at 4:30 a.m. Saturday for about a dozen people who will be hunting on his ...Read more
'Bud's Landing' drew duck hunters for decades with a safe harbor and 3.2 beer. Now it's giving way to canoes and kayaks.
MINNEAPOLIS — If you listened to those who knew Bud Joseph, he’d roll over in his grave about what was happening to his historic boat landing on the Mississippi River near Hastings.
Cherished by duck hunters since the 1930s as a safe place to launch their boats, the site recently won approval to be developed as a county “use area” for ...Read more
Best times for anglers
(Table for Dec. 7-Dec. 21)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday……….........2:05 a.m.......…...…….……............................................2:35 p.m.
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Dennis Anderson: Whitetail hunters pinched for baiting deer can lose money, licenses and guns
MINNEAPOLIS — If you’re a farmer, cutting corn is a prelude to taking the crop to market and selling it for cash.
But if you’re a hunter and you cut corn in a way that helps you kill a deer, or might help you kill a deer, the practice doesn’t pay.
It costs.
A lot.
Welcome to modern deer baiting, an illegal practice as old as the ...Read more
Dennis Anderson: Hunter's 'selfless act' of saving a friend's dog was his last
MINNEAPOLIS — In the end, after the dive team had recovered Chris Hendricks’ body from a frigid North Dakota slough, and after word of Chris’ death reached his family and friends, no one who knew him was surprised that he had stripped off his hunting clothes and splashed into the wetland to save a friend’s dog.
A high school soccer ...Read more
Hunting success improved over the heart of Minnesota's deer season
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s peak deer season ended last Sunday with a plentiful harvest that assured state wildlife biologists that whitetail populations are still rebounding and being kept in check by hunters.
The final tally for the nine-day, statewide firearms season was 123,634 whitetails, up 8% from a year ago and comfortably ahead of ...Read more
Best times for anglers
(Table for Nov. 30-Dec. 14)
This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.
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Sunday……............7:55 p.m...............……………........................................8:25 a.m.
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A deer-baiting bust, angling tips, seized ammo: Rolling with a Minnesota conservation officer
WACONIA, Minn. – As light drained from the sky, conservation officer Alexander Birdsall bumped along in his Silverado 2500, crisscrossing isolated farm fields and patrolling for trouble.
His focus west of town was “outlaw area,” as he called it. This time of year, shining deer and shooting from this stretch of gravel are common offenses, ...Read more
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