Outdoors

Lovely bones: Skull man of Bemidji strips taxidermy to its core
Deer hunting is over across most of Minnesota. But for one Bemidji man, a different kind of season is just getting started. Tony Petrie makes European mounts, and it's not a job for the squeamish.
Wisconsin hunters asked to help in search for Jayme Closs
Wisconsin's firearms deer season begins Saturday, and officials are asking hunters across the state to keep an eye out for any evidence that might provide a break in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl.
Protections restored for grizzly bears; hunts blocked
A U.S. judge ordered federal protections restored for grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains on Monday, a move that blocks the first grizzly hunts planned in the Lower 48 states in almost three decades.
More than the hunt: Deer opener will draw thousands for tradition, camaraderie
Deer hunters will take to the woods this weekend for the opener of the Minnesota firearms deer season, as the state for the first time begins to develop a statewide deer management plan.