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3 weeks ago |
outdoornews.com | Eric Morken
Anyone who hunts whitetails in hill country, even in smaller, more rolling hills, knows it is challenging to get away with hunting in the bottoms within this kind of terrain. So many factors come into play. There’s rising and dropping thermals that are important to understand.
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1 month ago |
outdoornews.com | Eric Morken
Anyone who reads the field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers each week knows that officers respond to a wide range of situations. Reports run the gamut – from humorous at times to serious poaching incidents for those tasked with protecting the state’s fish and wildlife resources. There aren’t many calls that necessarily surprise a CO, but it’s safe to say that Derek Peterlin did not expect his day to end as it did Feb.
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1 month ago |
outdoornews.com | Eric Morken
Outdoor News may earn revenue from products shown on this page by participating in affiliate programs. Click here to learn more. As someone who loves to run and gun for turkeys, I often find myself questioning how much gear is too much gear to bring into the field. I’m not a true minimalist. You don’t need decoys to shoot turkeys, but I’m a sucker for the experience of shooting a bird over a decoy when it all goes to plan.
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1 month ago |
outdoornews.com | Eric Morken
If you’ve ever bought a mouth call for turkey hunting only to give it a couple of hours before declaring that it’s not the call for you … well, you’re not alone. Most mouth calls cost around $10, and maybe that explains why they are easy to discard when you don’t get the sound you’re looking for right away. “You don’t need to be proficient with a mouth call to kill turkeys, but there are so many advantages to a mouth call,” said Minnesota’s Shane Simpson.
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2 months ago |
outdoornews.com | Eric Morken
It was late May in 2022 when my daughter and I got positioned against a huge oak on a narrow tree line between crop fields for our last turkey hunt of the Minnesota season. The toms already were gobbling as first light peeked over the horizon. I waited a few minutes and then let out some soft yelps on a mouth call. A tom 75 yards down the ridge below us cut me off with a thunderous gobble that left Aubree and me looking at each other with wide eyes.
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First it was Naz rocking a camo shirt tonight, now it’s Donte with the camo pants. Everyone is pumped for the spring turkey season!
just a couple of guys with nice fits 🤷♂️ https://t.co/XxBgbKWq64
Congratulations to the Alexandria boys basketball team on your state title! l felt like this day would eventually come while covering the program and watching it progress over the years. Great program and a really fun brand of basketball to watch.
It was fun chatting with Minnesota conservation officer Derek Peterlin about an incident he recently responded to in Hibbing where he helped remove a live deer from a basement that had broken through a window. https://t.co/E9M7bf6OIc
