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Eric Morken

Eric Morken is a sports and outdoor editor at the Echo Press Newspaper in Alexandria, Minnesota, a property of the Forum News Service. Morken covers a variety of stories throughout the Douglas County area, as well as statewide outdoor issues.

Morken has been with the Echo Press since graduating with a journalism degree from Augustana College (now Augustana University) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2007. Before that, he grew up in the town of Cottonwood, Minnesota.

Contact him at emorken@echopress.com or by phone at 320-763-1229. Follow him on Twitter @echo_sports.

Languages: English

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Northland Outdoors
Morken: Thoughts on arrow weight and broadheads after two early-season does in Minnesota
Switching to a heavier total arrow weight tipped with a 200-grain single bevel broadhead has led to better arrow penetration and overall performance than the author has ever had after years of hunting with lighter setups.
Oct 8, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
21-year-old pro Eric McQuoid's huge day on Otter Tail Lake, he's clear favorite for National Walleye Tour championship
Alexandria's Drake Herd unofficially wraps up the Angler of the Year honor as the most consistent pro on tour this season as he sits in sixth place going into Friday's championship finale.
Sep 23, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Moorhead's Tom Huynh first after day one of National Walleye Tour championship
Moorhead's Tom Huynh hold a narrow lead over Alexandria native Kent Andersen among the top 40 pro anglers on Otter Tail Lake near Ottertail, Minnesota, while Alexandria's Drake Herd sits fifth going into Thursday.
Sep 22, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Top angler looks to hold on at National Walleye Tour鈥檚 championship on Otter Tail Lake
Many of the Midwest's best professional walleye anglers will be in West-Central Minnesota Sept. 22-24 as the top 40 pros and amateur co-anglers battle for a more than $100,000 prize package at the Cabela's-Bass Pro Shops National Walleye Tour championship event.
Sep 17, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Brandon-Evansville senior Katrina Buchholz becomes a starter at the end of her long road through football
鈥淭he other seniors that I have been with since day one have completely accepted me,鈥� Buchholz said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e basically my brothers. An older guy my sophomore year had said we鈥檙e one big family. We鈥檙e a bunch of brothers and a sister. At that point I was the only girl on the team. He said that, and that really stuck with me. This is a family, and it鈥檚 where I need to be. I can鈥檛 just quit on these guys even if I wanted to.鈥�
Sep 12, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Morken: Breaking down how to hunt points in hill country
High points in hill country that drop down into bottoms are great areas to scout and set up stand locations off of to get on does and bucks throughout different times of the season. In this column, Eric Morken of Forum News Service breaks down how he uses known bedding points to set up hunting locations for both morning and evening sits.
Sep 11, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Following retirement of wildlife supervisor, Glenwood DNR wildlife division gets absorbed by Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls wildlife supervisor Mike Oehler will work to manage an area of land that covers seven counties now as smaller staffs within DNR fish and wildlife divisions feel the pinch.
Sep 5, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Morken: Breaking down a specific hunting setup within a bedding area
You have to be where bucks feel comfortable moving at all times of year, but that's especially true outside of the rut when most deer do not cover as much ground in daylight. Strategically hunting a bedding area like the one outlined in this column from a river property in North Dakota is one of the best ways the author has found to get on deer consistently.
Aug 27, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Morken: Outdoor groups are finding it harder to get volunteers as events, banquets return
Organizers for the Youth Outdoor Activity Day at the Alexandria Shooting Park are preparing for nearly 2,500 kids this year for the Aug. 29 event, but it's been more difficult to find the nearly 250-275 volunteers that help pull this day off.
Aug 20, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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Northland Outdoors
Morken: Dissecting what perfect access looks like in bow hunting for whitetails
Really focusing on stand locations based on access is as important as anything in getting on mature bucks consistently. Last season further pounded that point home for the author, and another spot found while aerial scouting maps on a big public property in Missouri this July is an example of what makes for a good spot to key-in on based on both potential for holding deer and getting in undetected.
Jul 18, 2021
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By  Eric Morken
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