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A pair of early season anglers go after evening crappies on North Ten Mile Lake. View photo »
Pete Amundson of Ashby qualifies with his .357 revolver during a Carry/Conceal Class at Dalton Outdoors. Instructors for the class included Mike Edwards, Mike Evavold, Dean Nelson and Don Maslow. Evavold estimates that 75 percent of the people who take the course are hunters and that 15 percent of them hunt with handguns. Most men and women taking the class carry handguns for protection. View photo »
Dan and Quinn Harman of Pequot Lakes join veteran hunter Mike Edwards with a 22-pound tom turkey which Quinn took as part of the weekend’s Youth-/Mentor turkey hunt in northern Otter Tail County. Mike Jordahl of Perham was the volunteer coordinator of the hunt, which drew 30 young hunters. View photo »
Jordan Lillemon, left, and Doug Godwin assemble a Coots Unlimited wood duck box Saturday morning at the Milo and Carrie Fisher residence northwest of Ashby. View photo »
Greg Palmer kiteboards along Pebble Lake in Fergus Falls Thursday. Atop a snowboard, Palmer uses a harness and 100-foot kite ropes to connect to a 22-foot nylon parachute, letting the wind move him across the snow. View photo »
Winning anglers in Sunday’s Sertoma Derby on Pebble Lake were, from left: Steve Kronemann, Nikki Kronemann and Tyler Walls. View photo »
Three deer tarry in a wintering area west of Ashby. View photo »
Rick Hapka, left, a member of the Otter Tail County chapter of Pheasants Forever and a representative of the Marbrook Foundation of Minneapolis, presented a check for $4,000 to OTCPF treasurer Larry Bethel for use in land acquistion at this year’s national convention in St. Paul. View photo »
Joey Brown 11, receives an autograph from Minnesota catcher Mike Remond. The Twins Winter Baseball Caravan was in Fergus Falls Monday night. View photo »
Minnesota baseball star Michael Cuddyer signs an autograph. View photo »
A charm of hungry finches blanket a feeding sack. View photo »
16-inch spread - Larry Bethel of Fergus Falls was hunting 10 miles north of Perham when a 230-pound, 10-point buck came into range. Bethel’s trophy had an inside spread of 16 inches. View photo »
Muzzleloader trophy - Underwood hunter Tony Onstad,13, shot his first eight-point buck on Saturday with a muzzleloader View photo »
Prize buck - Battle Lake hunter Brendon Muchow, 12, shot a 10-point buck Nov. 18 north of the Itasca State Park. View photo »
Co-chair Louie Kamrowski, official judge Anita “Bucky” Bethel and Long Tail winner Tony Rondeau were among the Pheasants Forever members gathered for the second annual Otter Tail County PF Chapter Long Tail Contest. Kamrowski won last year’s contest. Rondeau’s 24 1/8 rooster tail won the 2007 contest. Darin Lindblom received a prize for the shortest tail (6 1/2 inches). John Hansel won the drawing for a PF gift certificate. Co-chair Larry Bethel said the “just for fun” event drew around 20 entries. Bethel’s four-man party bagged eight roosters near Elbow Lake. View photo »
Grant Anderson shot a 10-pointer that weighed 225 pound north of Fergus Falls. View photo »
Nikki Thom bagged a 235-pound buck with very thick antlers on her first deer hunt in the Underwood area. View photo »
Yancy Wifall of Pelican Rapids shot a 10-pointer with an 18 1/2 inch spread. View photo »
Chris Norton took this eight-pointer with a 17 1/2 inch spread near Unnderwood. View photo »
Mike Oldakowski freed a 14-point buck by shooting a tine off this dead 10-pointer, which had been killed in a battle with the bigger deer. View photo »
Darin Gunderson took a nine-point buck on his farm north of Dalton. View photo »
Fellow hunters Tom King, left, of St. Joseph, and Doug Erickson of Fergus Falls give each other a hand clasp. In back is King’s assistant volunteer, Dean Cigelske of Freeport. View photo »
Ray Welle, middle of front row, shot the first deer of the day at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday near Orwell Dam during the special disabled hunters gathering. In back is Bob Schimming of the Army Corps of Engineers, Orwell Dam. Left is Ron Welle of the Outdoors Without Limits program and at right is Steve Odegaard of the Army Corps Fargo office. View photo »
Doug Erickson of Fergus Falls, seated, checks out his deer hunting platform Monday at 4:15 p.m. From left are Bob Schimming of the Army Corps of Engineers, Erickson’s son-in-law, Tim Ness, Ron Welle of the Outdoors Without Limits program and Don Schultz, DNR wildlife manager, Fergus Falls. View photo »
Monster buck - Erick Fronning took a 13-point whitetailed buck Saturday in an evening hunt east of Fergus Falls. The buck’s antlers had a spread of 25 inches. Joining Erick is his son, Brohde. View photo »
Scott Marsden took a huge bull elk in the Apache National Forest of New Mexico on a outfitted hunt which he won through the Rock Mountain Elk Foundation. View photo »
Swarm of Canadian Geese getting ready to migrate. These are all taking off from what seems to be a staging area in a local farm field along I-94. View photo »
Mike Hanson prepares four portable deer stands for use on his land in Grant County. The Minnesota firearms deer season begins Saturday. View photo »
Black Hills bighorns- Eric Fornia and Chris Swanson took these two trophy bighorn sheep in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Fornia’s bighorn scored 173 and Swanson’s scored 170. Swanson’s mother, Mary Sieling, is from Fergus Falls. View photo »
Opening day limit - Mac Grunig’s party took their limit of ringneck pheasants on the opening day of the 2007 Minnesota pheasant hunting season. View photo »
We got our limit on opener. View photo »
King Titus gets a good whiff of pheasant on the opening day of the 2007 pheasant hunting season. View photo »
Pheasants Forever Youth Hunt - Cody Wahlstrom shows one of the roosters bagged during the youth hunt. Six guides and 18 young hunters participated in the day-long event. View photo »
Pheasants Forever Youth Hunt - Daniel Ronnevik of Fergus Falls helps bring down a rooster pheasant that flushed out of thick grass just a few yards ahead of the group. View photo »
Pheasants Forever Youth Hunt - Guide Ranae Edwards gives some water to one of her hard working pointers. View photo »
Pheasants Forever Youth Hunt - Jacob Hexum, left, Daniel Ronnevik, guide Ranae Edwards and Cody Wahlstrom go through a corn plot Sunday morning at the Viking Valley Hunt Club north of Ashby. The annual hunt was put on by the the Otter Tail County Pheasants Forever chapter. View photo »
Dwight Walvatne acts as chief scout for the Dalton Gang on their forays into the fields and wetlands of southwestern Manitoba. View photo »
Todd Finkelson and his dog, Gunner, watch for ducks. View photo »
Reuben Johansen shows off some sand hill cranes. View photo »
Rudy Johansen, left, and Charles Bohnet pick ducks in the field after a good morning of hunting. View photo »
Bruin hunter - Tyler Giza, the 13-year-old son of Tom and Roxann Giza of Fergus Falls, bagged a 350-pound black bear in Wadena County Sept. 1, his second bear in two years. View photo »
Giant northern - Karlen Hartwell, front, landed a 12-pound northern pike on Hoot Lake. Helping Karlen with the fish is his father, Mike. View photo »
Goose opener success - Dale Jacobson and Danny Kvenvolden of Fergus Falls bagged three Canada honkers Saturday as the 2007 early goose hunting season commenced. View photo »
Famous artist visits Dalton Outdoors - Well-known wildlife artist James A. Meger and his staff were selling and displaying his artwork Monday at Dalton Outdoors. Meger has won eight Popular/People’s Choice awards over the past 17 years. View photo »
North Dakota calling champs - Two Fergus Falls boys captured top honors at the North Dakota State Junior Goose Calling Championship. Ramie Denzel, left, took second place honors and Connor Lausch, right, landed first place in the 14U division. The event was held in conjunction with Midwest Waterfowl Fest 2007, sponsored by Scheels and the Fargo Park District. View photo »
Time to sink or swim - Deanna Hansel flings a mallard duckling into the water Sunday morning. The ducks are raised each year for the Stalker Lake Sportsmen's Club by Darrel, Sue and Rick Ness. They are banded before being released. View photo »
Young gunner- Jared Green of rural Fergus Falls lets drive with his 20 gauge Saturday morning during the Pheasants Forever Fundraiser Shoot at Dalton Outdoors. View photo »
Big Tom - Ben Bakken of Fergus Falls nailed a 23-pound tom turkey with a nine inch beard and one-inch spurs on his first spring turkey hunt. Bakken’s turkey came out of Maine Township. View photo »
Brandon Boutiette of Perham shot a 24-pound tom turkey with one-inch spurs this weekend with the help of mentor guide Mike Edwards of Dalton. Also along on the hunt was Brandon’s father, Brad. The 12-year-old was one of 10 boys to be drawn for a youth turkey hunt in Zone 239. Steve Hanson of Detroit Lakes coordinates the program. Seven of the 10 boys who participated in the youth hunt bagged turkeys. View photo »
Spring thaw - The March spring-like weather was dealt a temporary setback with an early April storm, but with temperatures hovering above freezing, lake ice continues to thaw. View photo »
Big catch - Dorothy Merchant and her husband, Dennis, took their pontoon to the South end of Otter Tail Lake in August to refuel. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday so they had supper before heading home. It was so nice that they decided to fish on the way to their cabin. Dorothy was reading and enjoying the sun when they noticed that the line on her rod was all run out with the rod bent sharply to the side. It took her 30 minutes to finally get the northern back to the pontoon. The net was too small for the big fish and the "Husky Jerk" lure caught at the top of the net. They tried to release the fish but it was impossible to revive. View photo »
Migrating diving ducks feed and rest in open water on a lake in Tumuli Township. View photo »
Roger Dewey and Kevin Fick came up with a pair of full-grown beaver Monday. The trapping season runs through May 15. View photo »
Looking over an old timer - Neil Dockter of Kindred, N.D., took a close look at this 1873 Winchester, an old cowboy gun, on display Feb. 17 during the ninth annual Neigel’s Authentic Arms Show held at the Fergus Falls National Guard Armory. Dockter, who works as a contractor, is both a hunter and gun collector. View photo »
New Fish and Game president - Illga Polleitis made history at the Fergus Falls Fish and Game Club meeting last Thursday when she was elected the first female president of the 87-year-old club. Flanking the new president are outgoing president Jeff Borchert, secretary Mike Rheault and treasurer Gary Westerhaug. Not pictured: vice president Paul Fjestad. View photo »
The Fergus Falls area is not shy of geese as the December hunting season approaches on Saturday. DNR wildlife manager Don Schultz looks for a good season unless inclement winter weather makes hunting conditions too tough for hunters and birds. The 10-day season will run through Dec. 18. The daily limit on Canada geese will be five with 10 in possession. View photo »
Rommie Kapphahn of Millerville checks the hook on a sucker minnow Monday evening during an indoor fishing trip on South Ten Mile Lake. Kapphahn was after walleyes. Fish houses have been going on to area lakes for the past two weeks. View photo »
