Browsing Archive: February, 2013

Forkhorn Camp is a great way for youth to learn about the outdoors in Minnesota

Posted by Jesse White on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, In : Deer Hunting 
While many organizations and experts preach getting youth involved in the outdoors in a positive manner, few push that agenda with as much conviction as the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association and their partners involved with the Forkhorn Summer Camp programs held each year across the state.

The idea behind Forkhorn camp, which according to the MDHA was started in 1985, is to teach kids between the ages of 11 and 17 the ins-and-outs of the outdoors and hunting through a unique hands-on, intera...
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So far, so good for deer this mild winter - the result could be another excellent spring for fawns

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, In : Deer Hunting 

Even after a snowstorm this past weekend that dumped upwards of eight inches to a foot of snow on parts of northern Minnesota, the winter of 2012-2013 has been pretty tame, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials.

That's great news for a deer population still rebounding from one of the toughest winters on record just two years ago.

The DNR measures winter severity by assigning a point for each day the snow depth is 15-inches or more and one point for each day the temper...


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Jesse White A former outdoors writer and reporter for the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia, MN, and the Daily Tribune in Hibbing, MN, Jesse has been in the newspaper business for nearly 20 years. His numerous awards over the past two decades include five first-place awards from the Associated Press; two first-place National Newspaper awards; and a first-place Minnesota Newspaper Association award. He is an avid hunter and angler and enjoys guns and archery.
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