Outdoors

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors columnist Waiting until the last minute to get something important done seems to be the way more and more folks live their lives. When you are trying to sell a ticket for an event, most of those tickets will be sold in the two days just before the...

April 1 is April Fool’s Day, so be careful. There will certainly be someone at some point in your day who will try to play a trick on you. I have never been into this jokester day but have certainly been on the receiving end more than I care to admit. With April comes the excitement...

A bill I’m sponsoring that would give deer hunters more input into hunting rules and regulations will soon be debated on the Minnesota House floor. The legislation is an answer to local concerns about the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that were shared at a Slayton listening...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors writer Last week I wrote about the push to allow crossbows during the archery season. My opinion on the matter was quite clear. The second chatter maker on the outdoor scene today is not as cut and dried for me. The DNR has come out with a full court...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors columnist I don’t really know how old I was when I started paying closer attention to the fishing and hunting regulations and laws that are considered before they are actually passed into law and enacted. When a new rule came out I just followed...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors columnist When I look at a degraded piece of pasture or a badly eroded crop field I think about how long it will take to make it nice again. By that I mean, how long will it take to restore it to quality wildlife habitat that can support all of God’s...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors writer All you have to do is open your Facebook account to see many of your friends spending time in warm tropical spaces. Most of the photos have lots of sun and surf in the background, and in almost all cases there is a drink with an umbrella in...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors columnist I was doing a little reading the other day and came across a column about the Minnesota DNR Roundtable. The roundtable has been an annual event hosted by the DNR for invited stakeholders from all over the state to voice their concerns to...

WILLMAR — More than three decades ago, the founders of Pheasants Forever gathered under a big tent that Doug Lovander erected on his property on Eagle Lake and brokered the deal that has made the organization so successful. The funds raised by local chapters stay local. The leaders...

Scott Rall Daily Globe outdoors columnist It does not take much time flipping through the channels to find more than a few reality TV shows with pets or animals at their core. Many of these shows are centered around dogs that need help or people who need help that can be addressed...

BROOKLYN CENTER — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton told some 300 outdoors stakeholders at Friday’s Department of Natural Resources Roundtable that it’s time to get tougher on flagrant poaching. The governor, a lifelong hunter and angler, said he will ask the Legislature to enact a...