Minnesota Mixed Bag: Game Fair begins Friday at Armstrong Ranch
Staff Report
August 9, 2023
A mix of outdoor-related news stories published in the Aug. 11, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Hunting
Minnesota’s deer-hunting seasons to feature many new twists as regulations released
Tim Spielman
August 9, 2023
Autumn is a season of change. Those changes might even be greater this year if you’re a Minnesota deer hunter.
The 2023 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet was made available online just days
Remembering former Outdoor News Field Editor and Points North columnist Shawn Perich
Rob Drieslein
August 7, 2023
Sad news reached the Outdoor News office last week when we learned that Shawn Perich, who wrote for this publication as a field editor and columnist for years, died last Thursday, Aug. 3 at age
Minnesota’s outdoors scene mourns loss of Shawn Perich
Staff Report
August 7, 2023
North Shore outdoors writer, publisher, and entrepreneur Shawn C. Perich died last Thursday, Aug. 3 at the age of 64 following a battle with brain cancer.
Outdoor News readers remember Perich as the newspaper’s
Archery, hunter-ed programs threatened by removal of federal funding
Dan Ladd
August 7, 2023
Sporting groups across the U.S. are heavily criticizing the Biden Administration following a July 31 report that the president and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona intend to remove federal funding for hunter education and archery
BSU study looks at deer management in state cities
Site Staff
August 3, 2023
More communities in Minnesota are seeing increased whitetail populations within city limits where firearms ordinances hinder deer management.
Minnesota DNR begins outlining $149.9M Get Out More budget priorities
Brian Mozey
August 3, 2023
St. Paul — The Minnesota DNR had a historic year in the 2023 legislative session, receiving $149.9 million for its Get Out More initiative.
Walz unveils plans for Minnesota’s ‘outdoor rec’ program
Brian Mozey
August 3, 2023
Randolph Briley, ORIP coordinator, said the partnership will include the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Minnesota DNR, Explore Minnesota Tourism, and Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation.
Minnesota’s duck numbers dip, but state mallards stable
Tori McCormick
August 3, 2023
The estimate of overall duck abundance (excluding scaup, better known as bluebills) was 481,000 ducks, which was 15% below the 2022 estimate of 567,000 ducks, 20% below the 10-year average, and 22% below the long-term
