Mike Sandry Jr., 16 (right), Grand Forks, shot this bobcat in December near Oklee, Minn., on a guided hunt with Beau Kobetsky (left), who raises hounds and uses them for hunting. According to Mike’s dad, Mike Sr., Kobetsky donated the youth bobcat hunt for a Pheasants Forever banquet, and the Sandrys won it in a raffle. Sandry Jr. is a sophomore at Red River High School.
Brad Dokken joined the Herald company in November 1985 as a copy editor for Agweek magazine and has been the Grand Forks Herald's outdoors editor since 1998.
Besides his role as an outdoors writer, Dokken has an extensive background in northwest Minnesota and Canadian border issues and provides occasional coverage on those topics.
Reach him at bdokken@gfherald.com, by phone at (701) 780-1148 or on Twitter at @gfhoutdoor.
