October 19, 2001

Field Editor South Dakota’s residents-only pheasant hunting opener attracted small numbers of hunters who found few pheasants. The season, established in response to complaints that resident hunters faced undue competition from nonresidents, allowed state hunters to pursue pheasants for three days on public lands a week before the Oct. 20 general opener. Hunters who went […]

DNR staff will present information and listen to comments regarding a proposal to expand the current two-mile catch-and-release regulation area to a 10-mile stretch of the river from the Wabasha County Road 7 bridge, downstream to Zumbro Falls. Written comments may be sent to the Lake City DNR Fisheries office at 1801 South Oak Street,

Oct. 20: Bluff View Chapter, Friends of NRA Banquet at the Byron Legion in Byron at 5 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. For more info call Sue Bierly at 507-533-4307. Oct. 23: MDHA Hibbing/Chisolm Chapter Annual Membership Banquet at the Hibbing Armory at 4:30 p.m. Call 218-263-8881 for more info. Oct. 25: MDHA North

Oct. 20: Lake Area Gobblers & Ottertail Lakes Chapter event at Misty Meadows Shooting Preserve in Detroit Lakes. Contact Ranae Edwards at 218-589-7049.

The walleye bite really picked up on Woman Lake in 15 to 18 feet of water during the day with jigs and minnows being most productive. At night, crankbaits are taking more walleyes in 3 to 5 feet of water. Birch Lake also has started giving up good numbers of on live bait rigs and

Editor St. Paul A proposal on the Federal Register last week offering the full 60-day waterfowl season for six Southern states in the lower part of the Mississippi Flyway has drawn an angry response from Minnesota wildlife managers and waterfowlers. “This is completely outside the normal regulatory process for setting migratory bird seasons,” said Tim

Hunts: Sept. 14-16: Ladies Archery Hunt. Cost: $75 incl a day of scouting and preparing for the hunt, prior to the season. Weekend hunt, 2 nights lodging, dinner Friday & Saturday. Sept. 28-30: Grouse and Woodcock Hunting weekend, Laurentian ELC, Britt. Cost: $250 incl guides, room and board, dogs to help find the birds and

Sept. 20-23: Zumbro Valley Gobblers archery deer hunt at the Luna Property in Kenyon. (You will need a license for this event.) Contact Scott Luna at 507-789-5230. Sept. 29: Freeborn County Fantails event at Oak Grove Gun Club & Myre-Big Island State Park in Albert Lea. Contact Nila Mills at 507-874-2618 or Tiffany Riskedahl at

Residents needing to burn vegetative material can now acquire a burning permit from state fire wardens or DNR forestry offices. “The current cool and wet conditions will help in controlling permit fires,” said George Meadows, fire prevention coordinator for the DNR Forestry Division. “However, the DNR reminds people that they must still attend their fires