Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
October 16, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Oct. 16, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Minnesota’s Mille Lacs anglers could see two-walleye winter limit
Natalie Ryder
October 16, 2024
For the first time since 2015, the Minnesota DNR is entertaining a two-walleye limit on Lake Mille Lacs this winter due to a gill-net survey showing high forage numbers and large young walleyes.
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Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Waconia-area pheasant hunter educated on shooting hours
Staff Report
October 16, 2024
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR officers. These reports are from the Oct. 18, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Steve Carney: The great doe stare-down, and a pulley assist for the truck bed
Steve Carney
October 16, 2024
I hated the ladder stand the minute I climbed into it. It’s a double-wide, two-person stand that’s on a single tree. The bottom line: I was uncomfortable because I looked like a human billboard.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: BWSR accepting applications for Clean Water Legacy Partners Program
Staff and News Reports
October 16, 2024
The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is now accepting grant applications for the Clean Water Legacy Partners Program, which seeks to protect, enhance, and restore water quality throughout the state. Eligible applicants are
Grasslands bill revitalized, introduced in U.S. House
Tim Spielman
October 16, 2024
A program aimed at protecting and restoring U.S. grasslands that has languished in Congress for several years was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 9 by a collective of both Republicans and
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: New Prague club dedicated to Scott’s Cedar Lake
Minnesota Letters To The Editor
October 16, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 18, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Minnesota’s ’24 pheasant opener below average for many
Natalie Ryder
October 16, 2024
Sleepy Eye was wide awake with activity while hosting the Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12. Unlike last year’s opener in Owatonna, rainy weather held off in south-central Minnesota,
Minnesota’s 2024 bear season a ‘complete 180’ from last
Natalie Ryder
October 16, 2024
As the 2024 Minnesota bear season closed on Sunday, Oct. 13, the season’s harvest was estimated just above 3,400 bruins as of Friday, Oct. 11. While DNR estimates after the official end to the season
