Up to now, relatively few people had the opportunity to wade through the remnant native prairie within 167 acres that Jerry Bue and his family owned near Marshall. But recently, Bue, 91, and his family donated the land, helping to make it part of Minnesota’s system of wildlife management areas (WMA), where anyone can hunt, …
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The forecast is calling for a favorable Minnesota waterfowl season. “Habitat conditions look good in most areas, wild rice reports are good for hunters in the northern portions of the state and waterfowl numbers are favorable,” said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist with the Minnesota DNR. The waterfowl season opens Saturday, Sept. 23 with similar bag
North Dakota’s popular hunting seasons for grouse and partridge will open Saturday, Sept. 9. State Game and Fish Department upland game biologist R.J. Gross says hunters will likely see fewer sharptails and Huns compared to last year, while ruffed grouse numbers are up from 2016. Gross said that hot, dry early summer weather likely reduced
A second and final closure of open-water walleye fishing runs through Nov. 30 on the central Minnesota lake.
Precautionary testing during the first two days of firearms deer season will determine whether chronic wasting disease may have spread from captive deer to wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota, the DNR said in a news release Monday, Aug. 28. All hunters in affected deer permit areas will be required to have their harvested
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska master hunting guide has been charged with using assistants on snowmobiles to herd grizzly bears toward clients, making it easier for hunters to shoot the animals. Brian Simpson, 55, of Fairbanks, also is charged with guiding on a national preserve without a permit. Simpson’s company is Wittrock Outfitters-Alaska. Messages left with the
Idaho hunters are already allowed to kill wolves attracted to bait put out for bears. The change could have allowed hunters to target wolves with bait outside bear season.
Southeastern Minnesota ban continues for 5 counties and includes attractants.
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