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September 25, 2024

Fatty forage in Minnesota’s Deer Lake in Itasca County produces girthy pike, muskies

In the spirit of the current fall hunting season, it seems only fitting to feature Itasca County’s Deer Lake this week. Even more so because we featured Deer’s neighbor, Moose Lake, which is basically across the road, in last week’s edition.
There are quite a few similarities between Deer and Moose, but at the same time, they’re different, too.

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Minnesota DNR seeks comments on WMA plan update for Carlos Avery WMA

The Minnesota DNR invites people interested in the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area to share their thoughts on a draft update of the WMA’s master plan, which will guide management of the popular hunting and wildlife-watching destination in Anoka and Chisago counties.

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Winner of Florida’s Python Challenge removes 20 of the invasive snakes

It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner.
The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, meant to bring awareness to the threat that the nonnative pythons pose to the ecosystem. Last year, Kiger was the direct runner-up to the grand prize winner.

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Steve Carney: Ways to beat the heat during early archery deer sits, and a turkey vulture assist

The early bow season in Minnesota brought with it a real “sweat-fest.” The cooler weather for deer hunting has been welcome.
The challenge of toughing out 80-degree evening sits can be real early in the deer season. Here are some thoughts on staying somewhat cool.

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Statewide youth deer season coming Oct. 17-20

Minnesota’s youth deer season will take place statewide, Thursday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Oct. 20.
To participate, youth must be 10 to 17 years old and have a deer-hunting license. Participant numbers are not limited and there is no special permit, so parents should purchase or obtain a regular deer-hunting license for each youth who will be hunting.

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