Chris Niskanen

What if that dead deer is suddenly feeling better?

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On the outdoors beat, I hear a lot of stories about deer that are alive and become dead, a logical order of things for whitetail and hunter during the deer-hunting season.

Tracking a cougar: DNA analysis shows cat's path

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The same cougar that roamed through the Twin Cities in December traveled hundreds of miles in Wisconsin last winter, leaving tracks, scat and photographic evidence across six counties and coming within a few miles of the start of the American Birkebeiner ski race.

At 79, fly rod maker keeps a joyful outlook

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When you purchase a handmade bamboo fly rod from Dave Norling, you're buying a piece of his personality.

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