Boat smart when you’re fishing

As this column is being written, the Minnesota fishing opener -- no small affair in the land of 10,000 lakes (actually, there are more than 11,000 in my home state) -- is only days away. As always, expectations for the state’s 1.5 million-plus anglers are off the charts.

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Turkey Hunters Benefit from Safety Task Force

When the National Wild Turkey Hunting Safety Task Force met this January, members were reminded just how safe turkey hunting has become.

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Newcomers to fishing should start simple, take safety precautions

It has been unseasonably cool of late here in Minnesota, my home state. And it has many of the state’s anglers a little cranky. Summer, they believe, should be warmer than the middle 50s during the first week of July.

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Spring turkey hunters need to take precautions against ticks that carry Lyme disease; new Rid-A-Tick patch helps with tick removal

A strutting tom is a sight to behold in the outdoors. The gaudy, almost-theatrical display is yet another reason why spring turkey hunting is one of the fastest growing hunting sports in the nation.

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Safety First in the Turkey Woods

The turkey woods is a magical place in spring. The sweet, fresh aroma of budding hardwoods. The rhythmic cadence of a gurgling spring creek. The air-piercing cry of a wily tom.

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