Applications open July 1 for Camp Ripley archery hunts
Minnesota DNR Reports
June 29, 2017
The application deadline is Friday, Aug. 18.
Hunting
Stearns County deer herd released from quarantine after negative CWD tests
Staff and News Reports
June 26, 2017
Herd was part of farmed deer and elk disease investigation.
Minnesota DNR recreation fee increases go into effect July 1
Minnesota DNR Reports
June 26, 2017
Cost for hunting and fishing licenses increase in 2018. The cost of fishing and hunting licenses, including deer licenses, will go up in 2018.
Northfield High School, Park’s Hogan Lawson close out championship with 9A titles
Site Staff
June 21, 2017
It was a fitting finish to the nine-day shooting extravaganza.
Sage grouse hunting unlikely in South Dakota this year
Associated Press
June 19, 2017
South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department wants to close the state’s hunting season on sage grouse after fewer male birds were seen dancing on their mating grounds this year.
North Dakota spring breeding duck numbers down 15 percent
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
June 12, 2017
Index below 3 million for the first time since 1994, but still 23 percent above the long-term average (1948-2016) and 24th highest on record.
Minnesota-based Bill’s Gun Shop & Range earns NSSF Five-Star Rating
Staff and News Reports
June 7, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced that Bill’s Gun Shop & Range, with stores across the Upper Midwest, has achieved Five-Star Ratings at all five locations. Originally a single range
DNR commissioner: Minnesotans speak up for outdoors, help agency secure funding from Legislature
Associated Press
June 2, 2017
The budget bills that first emerged from the House and Senate left out all, or nearly all, the user fee increases the agency sought, and the hikes didn’t make it into the DNR’s budget bill
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.
