Fishing
Duck season winds down with a whimper
Bemidji, Minn. – If there is something positive to be said for the state’s duck season, which ended Tuesday, it’s that hunters had open water for most of the season’s 60 days. The downside: Most
Pheasant season: the best yet to come?
St. Paul – By most accounts, the pheasant-hunting season in Minnesota thus far has been a slow one: thank the weather, and subsequent standing corn. While still lagging behind schedule, corn harvest in the state’s
Minnesota loses 61K acres of CRP in ’09
St. Paul – The slow drain on the federal Conservation Reserve Program continued this fall in Minnesota – and nationwide – as the state lost an estimated 61,000 program acres, according to the USDA’s Farm
Spring 2010: a turkey license for all hunters
Madelia, Minn. – With the exception of two years in the mid-1980s, the number of permits available for the spring turkey season has increased each year since the first season was held in 1978. Yet
Harvest down as deer hunt wraps up
St. Paul – The firearms deer kill in the state continues to lag behind last year’s pace. Through the third weekend of hunting, hunters had killed just more than 151,000 whitetails, which is about 12
Deer kill lags as hunters forced to pass does
St. Paul – Firearms deer hunters had killed and registered 128,766 deer as of earlier this week, which is nearly 12 percent fewer deer than at the same time last year. The antlerless deer harvest
Richfield artist wins walleye stamp contest
DNR Reports St. Paul – A painting of two walleyes, one chasing a jointed lure, has been selected as the image for the 2010 Minnesota walleye stamp. The painting, by Tim Turenne of Richfield, Minn.,
Deer wanton waste gets COs’ attention
Tower, Minn. – The actions of hunters sometimes bewilder the state’s conservation officers. Case in point: CO Dan Starr, of Tower, on Monday checked a group of hunters in northern Minnesota who’d harvested three bucks.
