This past Saturday Minnesota held its annual Youth Waterfowl Hunt where hunters ages 15 and younger, when accompanied by a non-hunting adult, get a chance to hunt for free before the regular waterfowl season opens.
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A few weeks ago the family was doing a massive cleaning in one of our sheds when my wife held up a magazine and asked “Do you want this?” As I glanced her way my heart skipped a few beats then I sternly responded, “Hell YES I want that magazine! I didn’t even know I [...]
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A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher, and a Lutheran Minister all served as chaplains to the students at a northern Minnesota college. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn’t really all that hard. A real challenge would be to [...]
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Is this another example of the media just gushing to make hunters look bad? Perhaps it wouldn’t look so obvious if they at least took the time to get the facts accurate in their reporting.
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If the Minnesota DNR would have made the killing of a research bear a wildlife violation, then the perpetrator of such an act would be distinguished from the 99.8% of the other sportsmen who participate in our sport faithfully playing by the rules.
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The pics are of a buck that was hit by a vehicle and could not walk. It happened locally off of County Road 139 near Cummingsville, MN. A friend of a friend happened to stop to look at the deer when the bear came out of the woods and attacked it. He was actually pretty close when all this happened as the pics will show.
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Let me tell you…I don’t care if a hunter is 20 years my senior and they somehow violate the cardinal rules of safe gun handling…they will be quickly corrected in their actions in a polite, yet firm manner. I have absolutely zero tolerance (as well as respect) for those who take their gun handling skills lightly. I figure my life is way too important for that.
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