Outdoors calendar

Aug. 13 -- Bear baiting begins

Aug. 14 -- Camp Ripley archery hunt application deadline

Aug. 15 -- Game Fair second weekend, Armstrong Kennels, Anoka

September

Sept. 1 -- Bear, rail, snipe hunting opens

Sept. 4 -- Early Canada goose hunting opens

Sept. 9 -- Antlerless deer permits, special hunts application deadline

Sept. 15 -- Lac qui Parle controlled hunt blind application deadline

Sept. 18 -- Archery deer, small game hunting opens

Sept. 25 -- Woodcock hunting opens

Sept. 30 -- Stream trout fishing in streams closes

October

Oct. 1 -- Moose hunting opens; tentative opener of duck hunting

Oct. 13 -- First fall turkey hunting season opens

Oct. 15 -- Crow hunting closes

Oct. 16 -- Pheasant hunting opens

Oct. 20 -- Second fall turkey hunting season opens

Oct. 21-22 -- Camp Ripley archery hunt, first season

Oct. 23 -- Mink, muskrat, beaver, otter trapping open in north zone

Oct. 30-31 -- Camp Ripley archery hunt, second season; mink, muskrat, beaver, otter trapping in south zone opens

Oct. 31 -- Stream trout fishing in lakes closes

November

Nov. 2 -- Spring turkey hunt applications available

Nov. 6 -- Firearms deer hunting opens

Nov. 11-14 -- Winter Sports Show, Minneapolis Convention Center

Nov. 27 -- Muzzleloader deer hunting opens; bobcat, fisher, marten trapping opens

December

Dec. 3 -- Spring turkey hunt application deadline

Dec. 31 -- Archery deer hunting closes