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Outdoors

Monster muskie caught

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man rushing to sneak in a final fishing expedition before the freeze on one of the state's largest lakes appears to have broken a 64-year-old state record. Nolan Sprengeler, of Plymouth, landed a muskie on Lake Mille Lacs Monday night that tipped the scales at ...

Wisconsin’s opening deer gun weekend down from year ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin deer hunters bagged fewer deer on the opening weekend of the gun season than they did a year ago, even though harvests were up significantly in most northern counties, wildlife officials said Tuesday. The state Department of Natural Resources said hunters shot ...

Trophy Bucks photos needed

The Daily News will again publish its Trophy Bucks special section highlighting deer taken during the 2021 hunting season. Successful hunters in Michigan and Wisconsin are encouraged to send photos and information to news@ironmountaindailynews.com. Please include name of the hunter shown, ...

Wisconsin hunters once again face ammo shortage

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin kicked off its 170th deer gun season on Saturday and for the second straight year some hunters were feeling ill-equipped. A nationwide ammunition shortage due to the supply chain issues affecting other products has left hunters searching far and wide for ammo in ...

Cougars in UP: More sightings, but are there more cats in region?

The journey is impressive, even unbelievable — traveling more than 900 miles on foot, mostly through an alien landscape of prairie and cultivated properties far different than the forested mountain terrain of South Dakota’s Black Hills. Yet for at least the past 16 years it appears ...

Mild winter should signal more success as Wisconsin hunt begins

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s nine-day gun season opens today and it’s also the first weekend of the 16-day Michigan firearm season that opened Monday. The Crystal Falls and Norway offices of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources checked 16 bucks on opening day, compared with ...