CO Greg Oldakowski (Wadena, Minnesota) responded to a call of a man and his dog being surrounded by timber wolves. The pair was uninjured in the attack, yet the man stated the wolves followed him down the road while he was in his car. Upon investigating the area, the only canine found was a single longhaired, shepherd type dog, which was found within feet of the area where the alleged wolf attack had occurred. Click to read many more bizarre outdoor tales and true confessions...

Someone picked up a problem the other day and dropped it off in the lap of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife manager at New Ulm. He sat there pondering the problem, a rock to one side of him, and a hard place on the other...

Over there, an older man, whiling away the afternoon weeding his garden. He’s retired, now, and has time on his hands. He thinks he might go fishing this evening...

Think back to one of your last trips to or from your favorite lake. Maybe the boater ahead of you wasn't prepared. Or maybe it was you who slowed down the loading and launching process and others didn't appreciate it...

Most hunters are aware of bird bands. Those most familiar are the metallic leg bands on ducks and geese. To a lesser extent, the same is true for fish, except that fish captured for research projects typically have some type of tag attached instead of a band. The tags carry the same...