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MN: Tough road ahead for license fee increases

St. Paul – If the state’s fishing and hunting license structure is to be revamped this year – and the fees are to be increased, as the DNR and Gov. Mark Dayton propose – it’s

MN: Before finding, concerns about elk farm

Pine Island, Minn. – Just days after a 7-year-old elk at a captive facility north of Rochester tested positive for chronic wasting disease, DNR officials began to express concern about wild deer entering and exiting

MN: Manitoba works with DNR to count border-region elk

Tally in northwest Minnesota is 44 elk; those in Manitoba count 99. Karlstad, Minn. – It was a good year to count elk in northwestern Minnesota. The weather was favorable, and snow covered the terrain.

MN: Calendar of Events Issue: 10

Banquets/Fundraisers. March 11: Aitkin Gobblers NWTF Banquet, Aitkin American Legion. For more info call Bonnie Carlson, 218-927-2616. March 11: Kittson County DU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Hallock City Hall. For more info call Rodney Bakken, 218-843-1492.

A quick rundown of Minnesota Outdoor News bits

As always, there’s lots going on in the state’s outdoor realm. Here are some of the highlights, and things to watch for: • It seems clear that a study of what’s killing moose in northeastern

Hooking grubs for crappies and sunfish

For years, dedicated readers and attendees at my seminars have heard me explain that I always hook maggots through the beveled end. That’s changing a bit, but one rule that’s not changing is the need

A grab bag of rants

Here’s a quick grab bag of newsie items that generated some mini-rants from me this week. Cougar corner First, from the “alert the media” file, I see that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on

MN: Calendar of Events Issue: 9

Banquets/Fundraisers. March 4: Tri-County DU Banquet, 5 p.m., Park Ballroom. For more info call Steve Smisek, 952-758-3930. March 4-5: Wild Sheep Foundation Banquet, 5 p.m., Mpls Marriott SW. For more info call Patti Murry, 507-645-8811.

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