April 10, 2024

Wisconsin Gov. Evers vetoes wolf-hunt bill, antlerless ban

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin / Associated Press

Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills passed by the Republican-led Legislature on March 29 – rejecting a $3 billion Republican tax cut, political loyalty pledges for higher education employees, and a plan setting how many wolves may be hunted each year.
During more than five years as governor with a Republican-controlled Legislature, Evers has vetoed more bills than any governor in Wisconsin history.

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Minnesota Legislature sends LCCMR recommendations to Walz

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

At the beginning of 2024 legislative session, Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, presented House File 3377 to the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee. The bill was the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund’s appropriations from Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources recommendations.

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Minnesota trout opener creates buzz in the southeast

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing, National News, News / Tori McCormick

When you live in southeastern Minnesota, it’s common knowledge that the weekend of the stream-trout opener is not the most opportune time to get groceries, let alone have a quiet burger and beer at one of the region’s local restaurants or taverns.
“It’s the one time of year where we can get really busy,” Vaughn Snook, Minnesota DNR assistant area fisheries supervisor in Lanesboro, said of the region’s signature towns, including Preston, Chatfield, and others. “You’ll see plenty of anglers going to get something to eat or drink with their waders on.”

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers ready to host National Rendezvous in Minnesota

Fishing, Hunting, Minnesota, Nature Page & Night Sky, News / Staff and News Reports

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is bringing its 2024 North American Rendezvous to the Minneapolis Convention Center April 18-20. It’s the first time the national event has not been held in the northern Rockies.

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Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Keep the slug zone, for safety’s sake

Letters, Minnesota, Opinion / Minnesota Letters To The Editor

I believe that is why the slug season for safety reasons was started 74 years ago, and I have hunted every one.

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Streams of Thought: Minnesota bills to bark at for licensed commercial dog, cat breeders

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, Opinion / Tim Spielman

Hunters seeking their next bird dogs are among the most discerning of shoppers – right up there with those who spend countless hours evaluating the breeding information of their next show dogs.
We hunters take our dog purchases seriously, and rightly so. After all, we’re about to buy pups that we’ll depend on for perhaps the next 10 years or more afield, and we’re looking for a dog that’s a joy in the home, during the off-season, as well.

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When passing through Hackensack, don’t bypass Birch Lake in Minnesota’s Cass County

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Minnesota / Glen Schmitt

Cass County’s Birch Lake is located just off the main drag in downtown Hackensack. Despite being located in town and featuring an excellent city-owned public access, the 1,267-acre lake is not extremely pressured from a fishing standpoint.
Birch hosts quality panfish and largemouth bass, along with decent numbers of walleyes. But it doesn’t seem to receive the attention one might think it would.

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