Minnesota Mixed Bag: Duluth Sports Show begins Thursday, continues through Sunday – Outdoor News
Duluth, Minn. — The Duluth Sport Show, featuring the latest in boats, RVs, travel destinations, hunting and fishing gear, and other fun and educational features, comes to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center beginning Thursday and continuing through Sunday.
While you’re there, take in a fishing seminar and hunting seminar, visit Humminbird Marine Electronics University, check out the amazing Sara Twister (“archery with a twist”), and get your buck antlers scored by Minnesota Official Measurers.
Show hours are 3-8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16. Admission is $10 for those age 18 and older, $6 for those ages 6 to 17, and free for kids age 5 and under. Stop by the Outdoor News booth while you’re there. For more information, visit www.duluthsportshow.com
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NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR OUTDOOR NEWS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Plymouth, Minn. — Outdoor News once again is seeking nominations for its annual Person of the Year Award. We’re looking for people who have worked on behalf of hunting, fishing, and conservation in the state of Minnesota. Recent recipients have included Jim Sable, Arlen Schamber, Ray Gildow, Ruth Hoefs, Dave Pauly, and Craig DeJong.
Although most recipients are selected for their conservation achievements over a lifetime, we’ll consider citizens who’ve made remarkable contributions in the past year, too.
For the initial nomination, we don’t need extensive information – just a name and some basic background about why a state sportsman or woman deserves recognition.
Email [email protected] by March 1, 2025.
APPLY FOR A-SEASON TURKEY PERMITS FOR CARLOS AVERY OR WHITEWATER WMAS BY FEB. 21
St. Paul — Turkey hunters have through Friday, Feb. 21, to apply for turkey-hunting permits for the A spring hunting season in Carlos Avery or Whitewater wildlife management areas. There will be 30 permits available for Carlos Avery WMA and 150 permits for Whitewater WMA.
In addition to a turkey license, a permit is required for those hoping to bag a tom turkey via firearm in either of these WMAs during the A season. Turkey firearms permits for these WMAs are distributed via a lottery system for the A season. While a license is required for all seasons, hunters do not need permits to hunt Carlos Avery or Whitewater WMAs during the B, C, D, E, or F seasons. In addition, this year a permit will no longer be required for firearms hunters during any season to hunt Mille Lacs WMA, but a license is still required.
Turkey licenses will go on sale March 1 for several hunting seasons from mid-April to the end of May, with the A season kicking off on Wednesday, April 16. Crossbows may be used by all hunters with an archery turkey license.
Visit www.mndnr.gov/hunting/turkey for more information.
PRINCETON LIONS ICE-FISHING CONTEST IS FEB. 23 ON GREEN LAKE
Princeton, Minn. — The Princeton Lions 38th annual Gerald Poser Memorial Ice-Fishing Contest is set for Sunday, Feb. 23, from 1-4 p.m. on Green Lake (between Princeton and Cambridge on Highway 95). Cash and prizes are worth more than $30,000. Prizes will be awarded for the 10 largest fish caught, and there will be special on-ice raffles for prizes including augers, fish houses, locators, and more.
Tickets are $10 per hole, with a maximum of two holes per angler.
Tickets are available at several local businesses.
Learn more by visiting www.facebook.com/PrincetonLions or at www.e-Clubhouse.org/sites/princetonmn
WILDLIFE FOREVER TO LAUNCH NEW PROJECT IN RED RIVER VALLEY
White Bear Lake, Minn. — Wildlife Forever and the United Prairie Foundation have launched a new program that connects students and the community to an outdoor educational prairie classroom on school grounds. Funding from the state’s Board of Water and Soil Resources will help develop the Educational Prairie Trail program at the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School in Glyndon.
“This partnership between United Prairie Foundation, Wildlife Forever, DGF, and BWSR will create an active space for learning about prairie and pollinators, their habitat needs, and ecological benefits for the community,” said Pat Conzemius, president and CEO of Wildlife Forever.
The Educational Prairie Trail project is the first nongovernmental organization-funded project from BWSR. The project will restore four acres of native prairie on the school grounds, including student-planted gardens and native trees and shrub plantings.
A new educational curriculum will also be developed to engage students in the study of prairie ecosystems, conservation, and sustainable land stewardship.
For more information about the Educational Prairie Trail project, contact Patrice Delaney, senior biologist, United Prairie Foundation, at (218) 443-0453 or [email protected]
IN IOWA, FISHING SHELTER REMOVAL DATE: FEB. 20
Des Moines, Iowa — Ice-fishing shelters – those left unattended – must be removed from state-owned lands and waters in Iowa, including parking lots and boat ramps, by Feb. 20.
Ice-fishing shelter owners who camp in a paid campsite within a state park may remain past the Feb. 20 deadline.
