Grand Rapids, Minn. Though it’s legal for bear hunters to shoot radio-collared bears, the Minnesota DNR is asking bear hunters not to do so this year.

In the past, the DNR emphasized that radio-collared bears were legal game and encouraged hunters who shot collared bears to inform the DNR and to leave the collar at the bear registration station. These regulations and procedures haven’t changed, but research goals have. Now, research goals focus more on bear reproduction and movement rather than […]

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