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State pheasant hunters hope best yet to come

Madelia, Minn. – If you had a fantastic opening weekend of pheasant hunting, harvest-wise, you’re in the minority. Hot and humid weather in some places, cold and lightning and thunder in others, and standing corn

DNR: Ammo selection can lower lead levels

St. Paul – Lead fragments from some high-powered rifle ammunition travel farther into deer than hunters may have assumed, according to a DNR study released last week. The study also showed that hunters can reduce

DNR releases results from fragment study

St. Paul – DNR officials earlier this week announced the results of a study done this summer aimed at giving hunters an idea of the extent to which various bullets and slugs might fragment when

Pheasant season ahead: Good, but not like 2007

Madelia, Minn. – Pheasant hunters are unlikely to surpass last year’s take of 655,000 birds, but officials expect this season, which begins Saturday, to be another good one. Opening weekend and the early days of

Amendment supporters confident about Nov. 4

St. Paul – Less than a month remains until a vote that’s been in the works for nearly a decade. On Nov. 4, voters will decide if they want to amend the state’s constitution and

Duck stamp festivities in Twin Cities all next week

Bloomington, Minn. -_Given the past successes of its artists, it seems only apropos that Minnesota host the Federal Duck Stamp contest – as supporters celebrate 75 years of the stamp – and the events that

Top DNR_Enforcement officer Hamm retires

St. Paul – Col. Mike Hamm, for five years the DNR’s chief conservation officer, has retired. Hamm filed for retirement last Friday, four months after he was placed on administrative leave while an investigation and

Court puts wolves back on ‘the list’

Washington – Wolves in the Midwest became subject to federal protection – and state management responsibility for the species was removed – when a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Fish and

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