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Best times for anglers
(Table for Sept. 7-Sept. 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………........Midnight.........……….................................................12:05 p.m.
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Dennis Anderson: Minnesota's deer hunt will be big this fall; Here's what to know
MINNEAPOLIS — Challenging as it is to think about deer hunting when Pronto Pups beckon from the State Fair, a license buying deadline looms for perhaps hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans who hope to fill their freezers with venison for the coming winter.
Sept. 4 is the cutoff date for whitetail hunters to apply for special hunts in parks ...Read more
Best times for anglers
(Table for Aug. 31-Sept. 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……….........6:05 p.m.....…………………............................................6:35 a.m.
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Game Commission opens rare new public lands for hunters and hikers in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with hiking and land conservation groups, officially opened a new game land in Indiana Township on Friday.
Large, new parcels of public land for hikers and hunters are a rarity in Allegheny County.
The game land's grand opening is special because of its proximity to Pittsburgh and location...Read more
As more hunters donate deer venison to food banks, higher donations are expected from farmlands this year
PITTSBURGH — The nonprofit Hunters Sharing the Harvest anticipates more growing pains as donations of deer from hunters increase.
The wildly successful program accepts deer from hunters, then pays to process the venison into ground meat and distributes the meat to food banks, soup kitchens and other charitable organizations across the state. ...Read more
Best times for anglers
(Table for Aug. 24-Sept. 7)
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………...........1:00 p.m.......…...…….……...........................................1:20 a.m.
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Where only the carp can thrive: Meet Ocheda, one of the unhealthiest lakes in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — One of the unhealthiest lakes in Minnesota is 5 1/2 miles long and stretches into three pools that, when viewed from above, look like a wasp about to sting. It’s a few miles north of the Iowa border in the city of Worthington, where its waters, cloudy with muck and festering algae, choke out the sun.
In Lake Ocheda few plants ...Read more
This lake can lay claim to the title of fishiest in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — In the far north of Crow Wing County, about 30 miles beyond Brainerd, there’s a heart-shaped lake that locals don’t want anyone else to know about.
A stony brook runs through it, pouring in from the northwest shore and exiting over gentle rapids on the southeast, where the water is so clear that one could count the pebbles ...Read more
Dennis Anderson: Twins fans shouldn't complain -- losses for Minnesota bird hunters have been much worse
MINNEAPOLIS — Count bird hunters among those baffled by the angst Minnesota Twins enthusiasts have demonstrated over the club’s trades and announcement the team won’t be sold.
If anyone should complain about wins and losses in Minnesota since Calvin Griffith moved his scrappy outfit here in 1961, it should be those who will go afield in ...Read more
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