
In Minnesota, the waterfowl season is open more than it’s closed
Between ducks, Canada geese, and light geese, Minnesota hunters have about seven months to target waterfowl in 2014.

Between ducks, Canada geese, and light geese, Minnesota hunters have about seven months to target waterfowl in 2014.

On the heels of a 2013 deer kill that was the lowest since the 1990s, discussions of the status of the state’s deer are commonplace among hunters.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, indeed.

Just a few weeks into winter, Mark Johnson already is tired of it.

Many other raptor species also arriving in the region, and still other owls are with us year-round.

Through Friday, Dec. 27, the total statewide kill was 171,422 deer, which is down about 7 percent from the same time last year.

Wolf hunters and trappers may have gotten off to a slow start to the late season, which began Nov. 30, but they finished with a flurry.

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service calls CSP “an important Farm Bill conservation program that helps established conservation stewards with taking their level of natural resource management to the next level

For multiple species, new ice jigging spoons, lures, and jigs in tungsten are set to dominate this winter’s ice fishing scene.
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