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August 27, 2025

Wet landscape will greet early Minnesota waterfowlers

The lumbering flights of Canada geese and acrobatic sorties of teal and mourning doves are on tap for hunters beginning in early September.
Minnesota’s dove season opens Monday, Sept. 1, with the early teal and early Canada goose seasons beginning Saturday, Sept. 6. While early bird hunters are busy preparing for the upcoming seasons, Mother Nature has altered the landscape, with multiple inches of rain blanketing parts of central, western, and southern Minnesota during the past two weeks.

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Bear hunt prospects are good in Minnesota, but not likely as good as 2024

While the expected upcoming Minnesota bear harvest might not be as impressive as that of a year ago, weather conditions when the season kicks off Monday, Sept. 1 couldn’t be much better, per forecasts. And besides, a season such as last year’s doesn’t come around often.
A lack of “natural foods” in northern Minnesota a year ago resulted in a harvest of 3,530 bears, nearly double that of 2023. Further, and perhaps more remarkable, was the hunter success rate of 61% in the state’s quota zone.

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