FAIRBANKS, Minn. — Larry Zwak was in his element, surrounded by friends and family, everyone wearing a little blaze orange, everyone eating, everyone with a beer in their hand, everyone paying homage ...

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.

PEARSALL - The bond of blood or marriage has a rival each fall when deer hunters' hearts beat faster in anticipation of time spent in search of meat for the freezer or trophies for the wall. Lasting ...