Nov. 14—KITTSON COUNTY, Minn. — It's a brisk Monday at the "Krantz Ranch" hunting camp up here in the boonies of northwest Minnesota, and a half-dozen or so members of the crew are gathered back at ...

I don’t normally do this, but with deer season now upon us, I thought I’d share this column I wrote nearly 20 years ago, as it appeared in the Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, edition of the Grand Forks Herald.

CUMBERLAND, WIS. - Few things say "made in America" as much as a deer hunting shack, and the one I use during the Wisconsin whitetail season is about as American as a shack gets. Wood-burning stove.

The shack is the place where they gather to swap stories, celebrate the tradition of the hunt and pay tribute to family members no longer there to celebrate with them. Friends and family have a laugh ...