Dayton signs off on outdoor-related bills
Joe Albert
May 31, 2017
Signed bills include license fee hikes, allowance for scopes on muzzleloaders, and other fishing- and hunting-related provisions.
Hunting
Iowa sees slight drop in wild turkey harvest
Iowa DNR
May 30, 2017
Hunters reported nearly 11,800 turkeys during 2017 spring season.
Scopes during muzzleloader season passes Minnesota legislative session
Rob Drieslein
May 26, 2017
The final 2017 Environment bill, which Gov. Mark Dayton likely will sign, includes a provision to allow scopes during the blackpowder season.
Early Canada goose harvest again tops 36,000 in North Dakota
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
May 25, 2017
It’s the combined harvest from the August Canada goose management take and the September Canada goose hunting season.
Four more farmed white-tailed deer test positive for CWD
Staff and News Reports
May 18, 2017
Part of disease tracing effort reaching back to 2016 Crow Wing County case.
South Dakota proposes hike in buffalo hunt fees
Associated Press
May 17, 2017
Would increase the cost to hunt a trophy buffalo in Custer State Park by $1,500, making the new fee $6,500. The cost to hunt a non-trophy bison bull would increase $1,000 to $3,250.
South Dakota sees drop in pheasant hunters, harvested birds
Associated Press
May 17, 2017
Harvest data shows a continued correlation between the pheasant population and the number of acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
In South Dakota, nonresident waterfowl hunting issue coming to a head
Associated Press
May 17, 2017
Some resident hunters fear the commercialization of waterfowl hunting in the state, while some business interests want more nonresident hunters and their money in South Dakota.
In Minnesota, 13 elk licenses available; northwest elk research continues
Minnesota DNR Reports
May 17, 2017
Licenses will be available for two concurrent elk seasons in Kittson County’s central (zone 20) and northeast (zone 30) zones.
