HARTFORD, Conn. — The brook trout, the only species of trout native to Connecticut, will soon be getting a minimum size limit to harvest for the first time in over 70 years.

Officials with the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection are placing more protections on the fish after monitoring revealed a declining population. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Last month, Erv Berglund leveled his scoped handgun in the direction of a whitetail buck on northern Minnesota land his dad bought in 1933.

Only scantily populated with deer, the property is about 60 miles south of the Canadian border. Aspen, spruce, birch, fir and black ash cover its higher ground, and swamp frames the rest.

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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

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

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

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