Eric Morken just got back from his annual trip during the whitetail rut where he filled three buck tags with his bow from three different states. In the latest video on our Outdoor News YouTube channel, he recaps his trip, highlighting his final out-of-state hunt from the morning of Nov. 9.
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Wildlife managers from the Minnesota DNR expected hunters would shoot more deer this year, and early harvest numbers this fall have supported that theory.
The statewide youth deer season and the early antlerless hunt in select deer permit areas ran Oct. 15-18, while the archery season opened on Sept. 19. Through Sunday, Oct. 18, Paul Burr, deer coordinator for the DNR, said hunters have combined to shoot 24,170 deer.
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When it comes to the state of the whitetail herd in Minnesota, winter is always a top topic of conversation. But there hasn’t been much to talk about in recent years. Most of the state is coming off three straight relatively mild winters, according to the DNR’s winter severity index.
The exception is the far northeast where portions of Lake and Cook county saw more severe ratings. In general, it’s been a long run of conditions that lead to a growing herd, and harvest numbers have followed suit since 2023 when 158,678 deer were shot.
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Eric Morken filled his first bonus tag of the season in Minnesota on the evening of Oct. 5 in a tree where he has shot three deer on three straight sits over the past few seasons.
Watch the hunt unfold as he describes what makes it such a good spot and how he ultimately decided to set up here despite the staging area on the edge of the agriculture field here being about 100 yards away from a fairly well-traveled road.
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Passionate Minnesota bowhunters often travel out of state to kickstart their deer season because of the opportunity to shoot a buck in velvet.
Even in states like the Dakotas with late August or early September openers, a short window exists to capitalize before most bucks become hard-horned. Minnesota’s opener falls in mid-to-late September when a big velvet buck is not even on a hunter’s radar. But on Sept. 20, the second day of the state’s 2026 archery season, Kaylee Selisker shot a 10-pointer in Mille Lacs County that remained in full velvet.
It felt like a “ducky day” in Minnesota for Saturday’s waterfowl opener.
Many hunters shot through rain and strong southeast winds that moved across the state from overnight Friday through Saturday afternoon. That likely affected participation, but passionate waterfowlers are a hardy group.
“Everything that I’ve heard was generally pretty good,” said Nate Huck, Minnesota DNR migratory bird consultant, of early reports after opening weekend.
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Minnesota’s hunters who rely on hunter walking trails to get around on public land now have many more miles to use this fall.
The Minnesota DNR recently announced updates to the state’s hunter walking trails system that includes more than 40 new trails. Jesse Roberts, the DNR’s assistant Region 1 wildlife manager, said the updates added about 300 miles to the hunter walking trail system.
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Driving home at dusk after a quick scouting mission on Sept. 7, a huge buck and another younger buck made their way across the gravel road a few hundred yards in front of the truck.
The bucks had been bedding in a little patch of brushy cover not far off the road that was surrounded by standing corn. The corn is a food source itself, but it’s also an extra layer of security that makes these tiny pockets of brush, small sloughs or grassy fencelines places where big bucks will spend their days in late summer and early fall. An additional draw in this specific situation (and why these bucks were likely here) was a second food source that is a rarity on the landscape in this area of Minnesota.
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