Eric Morken

Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Tim Lesmeister has been catching a lot of largemouth bass on topwater lures lately despite waters not cooling off yet overall. Here’s what he’s been catching them on.

Evening hunts get most of the attention during early season bowhunting, but mornings can be productive under the right conditions.

The release says the Ortonville High School team failed to follow clearly-specified policies, thereby repeatedly submitting incorrect conference scores.

Minnesota’s hunters who rely on hunter walking trails to get around on public land now have many more miles to use this fall.

Kaylee Selisker shot a 10-pointer on Sept. 20 in full velvet. Making this unique occurrence even more memorable? It was her first deer.

It felt like a “ducky day” in Minnesota for Saturday’s waterfowl opener as many hunters shot through rain and strong southeast winds.

A stretch of three straight mild winters across much of the state has aided in what DNR managers say is a growing deer herd in many regions. Total harvest has trended upward each of the last two seasons. There is optimism that will continue this year, and a majority of the state’s harvest happens during the firearms season, which opens Nov. 7 this year. (Stock photo)

Eric Morken filled his first bonus tag of the season in Minnesota in a tree where he has shot three deer on three straight sits over the past few seasons.

Evening hunts get most of the attention during early season bowhunting, but mornings can be productive under the right conditions.

Wildlife managers in Minnesota expected hunters would shoot more deer this year, and early harvest numbers this fall have supported that theory.