By Joel Schnell for Ruffedgrouseminnesota.com The drumming counts are in, so what can we expect this grouse season on the ground? The short answer, is the count is down 29% compared to last year (emphasis added). But let’s not get too excited about that number, what does it really mean? For decades now, volunteers have been ...
When building my own hunting cabin, I wanted a low maintenance structure, and one that can be built on a site off the grid. We’ve all been in the hunting shack with the tilted floors and crooked door frames like the fun house at the fair. I didn’t want to spend my free time up ...
It’s been a busy spring. I had a Woodland Stewardship Plan for sustainable management of the land written and enrolled with the MN DNR. It comes with a number of benefits including property tax savings. The cost of hiring a certified forester to write the plan was three-quarters paid for by the state. Designing a management ...
So you want to build a hunting camp, but not be a slave to maintaining it all the time? A cabin sounds like a lot of work, on weekends that are supposed to be fun. In my travels to different camps I took note of things that can be done to keep the maintenance time ...
Many of us were lucky enough to grow up with a hunting camp, be it a family member’s or other acquaintance. For those hoping to someday own, it seemed land prices were pricing the dream out of reach of the average joe. But right now may be the perfect time to buy, before land prices ...
