Winter ring-necked hunting: wrong way roosters
Tony Peterson
December 10, 2018
While walking hard for late-season, public-land pheasants, try a different route.
Hunting
Wild deer identified as presumptive positive for CWD outside of disease management zone
Minnesota DNR Reports
December 5, 2018
It is the first detection of the disease in Houston County since testing began in 2002. If confirmed positive, the DNR will offer landowner shooting permits in the area around where the deer was harvested
DNR’s newest conservation officers set to hit the field
Minnesota DNR Reports
December 5, 2018
They’ve saved a hunter’s life, helped remove a deer running wild through the basement of a home and taught firearms safety classes. They’ve busted poachers, had lunch with kids and learned the ins and outs
DNR announces two special December deer hunts to aid CWD management in southeastern Minnesota
Minnesota DNR Reports
December 4, 2018
Residents and nonresidents can participate in the hunts from Friday, Dec. 21 to Sunday, Dec. 23 and Friday, Dec. 28 to Sunday, Dec. 30 in deer permit areas 603, 347 and 348, and portions of
Will persisting chronic wasting disease end APR in southeast Minnesota?
Rob Drieslein
December 3, 2018
With 11 more CWD positives so far this fall – all white-tailed bucks – can antler-point restrictions survive in 2019?
DNR intensifies CWD response efforts in southeastern Minnesota
Minnesota DNR Reports
December 3, 2018
Late-season hunts, landowner shooting permits, post-season deer culling and public meeting planned.
Illinois hunter bags 51-point nontypical buck
Ralph Loos
November 28, 2018
And at least 30 of the points are scorable, the DNR says.
Wildlife officials, Klobuchar press for CWD funding
Associated Press
November 28, 2018
They’re urging the federal Department of Agriculture to develop a national tracking system for the deer disease as well as standards for transporting deer across state lines.
University of Minnesota students help spearhead CWD surveillance project
Associated Press
November 28, 2018
Students collected tissue samples from deer as hunters brought the animals into testing stations in parking lots, gas stations and forestry offices around the state. The DNR will use the information to track the disease’s
