September 20, 2023

Michigan, Pennsylvania game wardens help Montana FWP enforcement seize multiple game animals killed illegally

Hunting, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, National News, News, News, Pennsylvania / Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Reports

Montana game wardens from around the state, including Kalispell, Billings and Miles City, recently traveled to Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and Kentucky to follow up on long-term investigations of violations committed in Montana. Violations included license fraud, hunting without licenses, hunting during a closed season, over-limits of game animals, waste of game animals, tag transfer and unlawful possession of game animals.

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Minnesota DNR K9 unit trains for busy fall season

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / Brian Mozey

The Minnesota DNR hosted a K9 training event on Monday, Sept. 18, at Carlos Avery State WMA. The agency exhibited different training techniques for the canines.
The DNR has five K9 dogs across the state, and they’re trained in various categories including: zebra mussel detection, wildlife detection, evidence recovery, people tracking, criminal apprehension, fish detection, and officer protection. With fishing season still open and hunting underway, autumn is busy for conservation officers and the K9 units.

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Outdoor Insights: Minnesota DNR’s proposed regulation designed to grow bigger pike in popular Gull Lake chain near Brainerd

Featured, Fishing, Minnesota, Opinion / Rob Drieslein

If you like healthy northern pike, then the Minnesota DNR’s proposal to implement a 30- to 40-inch protected slot on the Gull Lake chain north of Brainerd deserves your support. The agency has several special and experimental regulations open to public comment through Oct. 20, including the idea to improve pike size on the 13,000-acre chain, which contains Gull and Upper Gull, Margaret, Ray, Love, Nisswa, Roy, and Round lakes in Cass and Crow Wing counties.

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Commentary: Prairie chicken/sharp-tailed grouse hybrids becoming more common to northwestern Minnesota

Hunting, Minnesota, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion / Katelin Goebel / Minnesota DNR

On an early, brisk April morning, I set up my ground blind at a prairie chicken lek in Norman County and waited for the show to begin. First one at a time, then in groups of three to four, male prairie chickens seemingly materialized out of thin air and swooped down to claim their turf.

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Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Predators equal wolves, and no, sportsmen don’t want ’em all dead

Letters, Minnesota, Opinion / Minnesota Letters To The Editor

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 22, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

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Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar

Calendar, Minnesota / Staff Report

A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Minnesota published in the Sept. 22, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

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Minnesota DNR recognizes young conservationists

Minnesota, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / DNR Report

The Minnesota DNR recently honored two youths for their outstanding conservation efforts during a ceremony Sept. 1 at the Minnesota State Fair.
Tyler Egler, of Newport in Washington County, received the 4-H award, and Ethan Maras, of Morris in Stevens County, received the Future Farmers of America award.

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Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Suspect busted for littering on WMA after leaving behind box with shipping label

Cuffs & Collars, Minnesota / Staff Report

Field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers published in the Sept. 22, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

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Six inducted into Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame

Fishing, Minnesota, National Fishing, National News, News / Staff Report

On Sept. 22, six new members were inducted into the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Little Falls.
Below, get to know the Class of 2023, courtesy of the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Michigan, Pennsylvania game wardens help Montana FWP enforcement seize multiple game animals killed illegally

Minnesota DNR K9 unit trains for busy fall season

Outdoor Insights: Minnesota DNR’s proposed regulation designed to grow bigger pike in popular Gull Lake chain near Brainerd

Commentary: Prairie chicken/sharp-tailed grouse hybrids becoming more common to northwestern Minnesota

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Predators equal wolves, and no, sportsmen don’t want ’em all dead

Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar

Minnesota DNR recognizes young conservationists

Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Suspect busted for littering on WMA after leaving behind box with shipping label

Six inducted into Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame

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