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Proposal would alter south zone duck season in Minnesota

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A Minnesota DNR proposal that would increase late-season duck-hunting opportunities in the state’s south zone this fall is pending approval by the DNR commissioner’s office.
Under the proposal, the 2025 60-day duck season in the south zone would run from Sept. 27 through Oct. 5, close for 12 days, and then continue from Oct. 18 through Dec. 7. Adding season days into early December would allow waterfowlers in the south zone to target late-migrating ducks, particularly mallards, state officials say.

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Minnesota’s April trout opener creates a buzz in the southeast

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The traditional April stream trout “harvest” opener – April 12 this year – will never have the pomp and circumstance and mass appeal of Minnesota’s May walleye opener. But for the anglers who cast worms, lures, and flies into southeastern Minnesota’s winding waterways where trout lurk in abundance, they really don’t care. For many, it’s the only fishing opener that matters.
“Having a designated opener for the harvest season is a great thing for this region,” said Vaughn Snook, Minnesota DNR assistant area fisheries supervisor in Lanesboro.

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Expert anglers share their favorite stream trout lures that go beyond flies

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If you spend enough time on a trout stream chasing browns, rainbows or brookies, you’ll inevitably come across three different types of trout fishermen.
There are those who cast flies, those who dunk worms and those who spin lures, the latter of whom are often obsessively on the prowl for big, burly trout, regardless of the size of stream they’re fishing. Like any other angler, lure-centric trout anglers have their favorite offerings, which can change based on several variables.

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Springtime fishing heating up on Mississippi’s Pool 4 in Minnesota, Wisconsin

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Every spring, anglers congregate on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minn., to ply its waters before the inland waters walleye season opens and to have a chance to catch a monster fish. This spring, so far, is no different, thanks to decent early-spring weather and stable, if low, river conditions.

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Land deal leads to 450-acre wildlife management area on Minnesota’s Mantrap Lake near Park Rapids

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For the first time in roughly two decades, Hubbard County is getting a new state wildlife management area that Minnesota officials say will be open for business this autumn.
But that’s only part of the story. Last week’s “historic” 449-acre land purchase by the Minnesota Land Trust and Northern Waters Land Trust is noteworthy because the new WMA will reside on a significant portion of the now-former 3M corporate retreat on Big Mantrap Lake near Park Rapids.

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Spring snow goose migration moves quickly as birds reach the Dakotas

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That other March Madness – the annual spring snow goose migration and the hunting season that comes with it – is well under way, with birds already moving deep into North Dakota.
During the past week across the Great Plains, the midcontinent flock of lesser snow geese has been pushing north, with the highest concentrations of snows, blues, and Ross’ geese staging in several northern-latitude states, including South Dakota. But as of Tuesday morning, geese were still being reported as far south as Arkansas.

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Wetland conditions poor as ducks approach Minnesota, Dakotas this spring

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As the spring migration of ducks and geese spreads northward, waterfowl managers across the Upper Midwest say significant precipitation will be needed during the next several weeks to replenish soil moisture and recharge wetland basins for breeding waterfowl across the region.
As of Tuesday morning, the prairies of Minnesota and the Dakotas – key breeding areas for ducks – were dry and getting drier as winter’s minimal snowpack had melted long ago. In fact, during the past week, high winds had produced tornadoes of topsoil in western Minnesota and in parts of South Dakota.

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Why pursue light geese in springtime? The reasons are many

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True story: My fascination with snow geese began in bed. It was the late 1990s. I’d moved from St. Paul, Minn., to Aberdeen, S.D., only a few months earlier. Spring had sprung; warmer weather had finally started melting the snowpack after what felt like a particularly long, cold, gloomy winter. 
One morning at sunup, my bedroom window cracked, the refreshingly cool spring air carried the din of something I had never heard before: the evocative, deafening barks and yelps of tens of thousands of migrating snows and blues.

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Minnesota’s Pope County pheasant group keeps conservation local for over 40 years

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Gary Weber has trained six hunting dogs since 1982, the year he helped form Pope County Pheasant Restoration, a conservation/hunting nonprofit organization that predates the arrival of Pheasants Forever.
He said he remembers all of them – five Chesapeake Bay retrievers and his current Labrador – fondly.
“Time flies, doesn’t it?” said Weber, the organization’s current chairman. “We had a lot of fun together.”

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