Outdoors

Youths get first crack at turkey hunting
It isn't that Amber Reinking doesn't have any experience with turkeys. She raised three of them last summer at her Rice Lake Township home.
Fetching fun: Teaching dogs to sniff out antlers
In his 30 years of dog training, Tom Dokken has taught retrievers, pointers and setters to find pheasants, ducks and grouse. Now he has another mission: teaching dogs to find shed antlers from deer.
Gun control and gun rights advocates are ready for a clash over a bill that would require a background check on buyers of firearms at Minnesota gun shows.
Concerns over coyotes have some considering bounties
Growing concerns over Minnesota's coyote population affecting livestock farming, some are considering a law that allows legal bounties on the predator to encourage increased hunting.
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering setting up a special gun deer hunt for Wisconsin military members who missed the regular hunt because they were overseas.