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Whitefish, tullibee sport-netting to open on select Grand Rapids area lakes

Recreational netting for whitefish and tullibee (cisco) is anticipated to open on several Schedule I lakes in the Grand Rapids fisheries work area beginning in late October, the Minnesota DNR said in a news release Thursday, Oct. 19. Schedule I lakes, which are more susceptible to sudden changes that impact water temperatures, according to […]

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In Minnesota, when school is out this week, youth deer hunting season is in

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

With many school kids in Minnesota on fall break, youth ages 10-15 can participate in a special deer season that runs from Thursday, Oct. 19, to Sunday, Oct. 22, in 28 permit areas of southeastern and northwestern Minnesota, including Twin Cities metro permit area 601, according to the Minnesota DNR. Deer permit areas open to

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CWD testing required in deer permit area 603 for early antlerless, youth hunts

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

Hunters in permit area 603 taking part in the early antlerless-only or youth deer hunting seasons are required to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease and cannot move an adult deer carcass out of the permit area until a negative test result is received, the Minnesota DNR said in a news release Monday,

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A few birds taken during Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

Hunters reported birds but few good opportunities in the Marshall area during the seventh annual Governor’s Pheasant Hunt on Saturday. The Marshall area hosted Gov. Mark Dayton, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and hundreds of guests for the weekend festivities, with 153 hunters harvesting 28 roosters during the morning hunt. Dayton’s hunting party did not take any

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In Minnesota, CWD tests mandatory for deer harvested Nov. 4-5 in central, north central and southeast

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

Wild deer in these areas are not known to have CWD, but mandatory testing of wild deer that hunters harvest is a proactive and preventative measure to protect Minnesota’s deer herd.

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Early Minnesota antlerless-only deer hunting season approaches

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

Hunters in portions of southeastern Minnesota can harvest antlerless deer in an early antlerless-only season from Thursday, Oct. 19, to Sunday, Oct. 22, in deer permit areas 346, 348, 349 and 603 in Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted and Winona counties, according to the DNR. “This hunt aims to reduce the deer population because of high deer

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Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener kicks off Minnesota season

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

Minnesota’s pheasant hunters will look to Marshall this weekend as the city hosts the Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener. It is the second time in the event’s seven-year history that Marshall, in southwestern Minnesota, has hosted the event. Gov. Mark Dayton and Lt. Gov. Tina Smith will lead the festivities. Among those festivities: On Friday afternoon,

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DNR on the lookout for rare bumble bee

Minnesota / Minnesota DNR Reports

Most people try to avoid bumble bees. Erica Hoaglund goes looking for them. A biologist with the Minnesota DNR‘s Nongame Wildlife Program, Hoaglund is on the lookout for the increasingly rare rusty-patched bumble bee. Earlier this year, it became the first bumble bee to be placed on the federal list of endangered species. In response,

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Dedication of WMA part of Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener

Hunting / Minnesota DNR Reports

The public is invited to attend the dedication of Minnesota’s newest public hunting land, the James Meger Memorial Wildlife Management Area, near Marshall, at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, as part of the Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener. The ceremony will include comments from Gov. Mark Dayton, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and Minnesota DNR Commissioner

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Whitefish, tullibee sport-netting to open on select Grand Rapids area lakes

In Minnesota, when school is out this week, youth deer hunting season is in

CWD testing required in deer permit area 603 for early antlerless, youth hunts

A few birds taken during Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener

In Minnesota, CWD tests mandatory for deer harvested Nov. 4-5 in central, north central and southeast

Early Minnesota antlerless-only deer hunting season approaches

Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener kicks off Minnesota season

DNR on the lookout for rare bumble bee

Dedication of WMA part of Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener

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