A fallow rice field isn’t the first place you expect to find divers, but it’s the first place I ever found them. Unlike most rice fields, this field had one-person cane blinds stuck out in the middle ...

The Rev. Paul Larson, an ardent duck hunter from Deer River, remembers the good old days of bluebill hunting. "It's nothing like it used to be," Larson said this past week with Minnesota's duck season ...

Winnebago was in a tame mood as the sand ran out on the Wisconsin duck season. Three hunters pulled the bluebill and mallard decoy-laden skiff toward the tiny, distant island silhouetted against the ...

The second part of the South Zone season opens Dec. 13 for ducks, mergansers and coots, covering 45 days through Jan. 31, 2026. Hunting dates differ for geese, which makes imperative knowing the full ...

When Chris Melberg's phone alarm rings at 3 a.m. Saturday, the strict choreo­graphy of opening day at his duck-camp cabin near Thief Lake in northwest Minnesota will swiftly unfold — and likely ...