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What will dry conditions mean for Minnesota pheasant hunters on Saturday’s opener?

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At 9 a.m. on Saturday, thousands of blaze-orange-clad hunters will hit the state’s grasslands and other birdy habitat across Minnesota in hopes of flushing a rooster pheasant within shotgun range.
Those hunters will affirm the tradition-rich “opener” that in many locales celebrates bird hunting, dogs, small-town living, and the outdoors in general. “Welcome Hunters” signs will adorn cafes, watering holes, and other establishments across prairie country. Many of the state’s Pheasant Forever chapters – 73 and counting – will usher in the new season in various celebratory ways.

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Will Minnesota’s early teal season continue in 2025? Survey finds hunters still split

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Results from the Minnesota DNR’s waterfowl-hunter survey for the 2023 season have been tallied. The focus of the survey leaned heavily on participation and attitudes surrounding the early teal season.
Respondents were essentially split on whether to continue with the early season, which ran for five days this year beginning Sept. 1. For those who did participate, satisfaction rates were high.

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Dog injuries occur afield: Here’s how to be prepared this season

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If you’re a serious bird hunter who hunts regularly over flushers and/or pointers, you know that injuries happen to your canine companion more frequently than you ever thought possible.
In fact, it’s a good day of hunting when your dog exits the field unscathed and in good condition. But, realistically we know that vet bills are the norm. It’s part of owning a hunting dog.
Take, for example, my late black Lab. A fine upland and water dog, Buddy made game (flushing and retrieving) with gusto – and often paid the price for it.

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Habitat is the focus of Minnesota DNR’s draft pheasant, duck plans

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The Minnesota DNR is taking public comments on updated versions of the state’s duck and pheasant action plans – documents that will help guide the management of the popular game species during the next five years beginning in 2025.
All public comments must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 (see instructions below). The five-year action plans, which outline short-term strategies to help meet longer-term conservation goals, enable the DNR and its conservation partners to more frequently assess and adjust activities to changing habitat conditions that affect both ducks and pheasants.

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Per usual, opening-weekend waterfowl results varied around Minnesota

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Adam Kleinschmidt almost didn’t go duck hunting.
“Based on my scouting, I didn’t see many ducks around,” said Kleinschmidt, a waterfowl hunter and Minnesota DNR wetlands specialist. “I almost slept in.”
Almost. Kleinschmidt went. It was the duck opener, after all. By 6 a.m. he was setting decoys on a large permanent marsh on public land in Stearns County.

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What’s the status of local ducks? Minnesota hunters about to find out

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When the traditional 60-day duck season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday in Minnesota, John Molkenbur, lanyard of calls around his neck, will be hunting a spit of land near Stillwater.
He will be, as he says, in his element.
“I started hunting when I was really young with my brothers; shot my first duck when I was 8 years old,” said Molkenbur, 73, of White Bear Lake and founder of the Minnesota Duck & Goose Callers Association. “The only openers I missed over the years were the four when I was in the Navy. Every year, I can’t wait to go.”

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency finalizing report on waters that feed Lake Pepin

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is soliciting public comments on its new “WRAPS” report of the Mississippi-Lake Pepin Tributaries watershed – a small, picturesque area in southeastern Minnesota that contains five cold-water trout streams.
The WRAPS report, or Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies, is the second report for the Driftless Area watershed. The first came in 2015. Since then, several years of data collection and analysis have been incorporated into the new report.

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Research reveals extent of new challenges for waterfowlers as migration patterns evolve

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Every autumn’s Grand Passage is different.
That’s the nature of waterfowl migrations. Seasoned duck and goose hunters in every flyway – Pacific, Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic – know this well.
Some years, waterfowlers see lots of birds at roughly the same time and at roughly the same places, and the next year it could be completely different. Change is the constant.
“Year-over-year, migrations are fickle,” said a waterfowl biologist from the South. “But there’s more to the story.”

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Prospects favorable as bird hunts arrive in Minnesota

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Early-season wingshooting opportunities in Minnesota are nothing if not diverse. Big birds and small. Some migrate and others don’t. Some are found in the deep woods, while others cover prairie country. And, of course, some are thought to taste better than others.   
The good news is that three species are open for business Saturday (Sept. 14) and another opens a week later.

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