Eagle vs. Angler (and other MN Conservation Officer tales)
February 6th, 2008 | by Andy Published in Outdoor Living, Wildlife, Winter Sports
As reported from the MN-DNR’s site:
CO Dustie Heaton (Willow River) reported an angler caught a northern on one of his tip-ups. As he laid the fish on the ice, his other tip-up went up. While he was tending to that fish, a bald eagle swooped down and grabbed the first northern off the ice and proceeded to drag the tip up across the lake. The angler followed the eagle in his truck until it finally dropped the fish. The angler got his tip-up and fish back, although the fish had a few extra puncture wounds.
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