FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Imagine pulling up to a fishing spot. You hook a fish, a beautiful snook. As you reel it in, the water boils, a shark’s tail smacks the surface. The fish stops struggling. All that’s left of the snook is a bloody stump.

On the next cast the same thing happens. There’s no reason to continue fishing in this spot, ...Read more

A hunter who went missing a week ago south of High Rock Lake has been found dead, according to investigators in North Carolina.

The body of Jerry Eugene Sutton Jr. was discovered Dec. 16, in a wooded area about a 14-mile drive southeast from Salisbury, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said in a Dec. 22 news release.

It’s suspected 41-year...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota waterfowlers will hold a Duck Summit March 27-28 in Nicollet — near the shores of venerable Swan Lake, which once was one of North America’s migratory bird meccas.

The planned gathering, long overdue, is born of the frustration of Minnesota duck hunters, who in autumn are tired of seeing mostly empty skies, but who...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Yia Vang whispered to his friend and squirrel hunting guide Chang Her as flakes drifted from the sky. The crunch of snow under their feet echoed through Sand Dunes State Forest, northwest of the Twin Cities.

The squirrels were hunkering down in their nests, like many other Minnesotans that day, Vang said. While the squirrels ...Read more