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December 18, 2024

Steve Carney: Early ice in Minnesota is looking good, but be careful

We are starting the 2024-25 ice-fishing season off well in Minnesota, with ice conditions much better than the previous couple of years. Luckily, the snow has held off, allowing the ice to form properly.
As of this writing, the northwest area and areas to the north are seeing 6 to 9 inches of really good ice. My strategies for early ice fishing are simple, and with safety in mind.

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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Teen dies when ATV breaks through ice of northern Minnesota lake

Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk, in a news release, stated that on Dec. 9, at about 6 p.m., Cass County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch had received 911 emergency reports of two individuals that were traveling by ATV on the ice of Blackwater Lake in Woodrow Township and had broken through the lake’s ice.

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What hunters should know after CWD is discovered in wild western Minnesota deer for the first time

The Minnesota DNR announced late last week that chronic wasting disease had been confirmed in a wild whitetail buck harvested by a Wheaton-area firearms hunter during that season’s opening weekend.
It’s the first time the always-fatal disease has been confirmed in that part of the state. According to a Dec. 12 DNR news release, the buck was shot in Deer Permit Area 271. It’s the latest in findings in past years outside the state’s CWD core in southeastern Minnesota or CWD Zone 605 in the south-metro area.

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Crane hunt in Wisconsin? Committee gives green light as process takes another step forward

Following a series of meetings during the past five months, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes approved a proposed bill that creates some relief for farmers and offers the opportunity for a Wisconsin sandhill crane hunting season.
The committee was composed of a bipartisan group of legislators, farmers, along with hunting and non-hunting conservation organizations.

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