Final deer kill down 5 percent from 2011
Site Staff
January 3, 2013
When it’s all said and done, deer hunters in 2012 will have killed about 5 percent fewer deer than they did in 2011.
Hunting
Wolf hunters, trappers near quota
Site Staff
January 3, 2013
With two zones already closed to wolf hunting and trapping, the Northwest Zone was moving ever-closer to closure, too, as of late last week.
Wolf kill tops early season; two zones closed
Site Staff
December 20, 2012
As of earlier this week, late-season wolf hunters and trappers had exceeded the output of their early-season counterparts. And the DNR had closed two of the state’s three wolf zones after harvests in those spots
DNR says moose a species of special concern
Site Staff
December 13, 2012
Amid a declining moose population and little in the way of concrete answers for why that’s occurring, the DNR is proposing to classify the animals as a species of special concern.
Hunters, trappers close to northeast wolf kill target
Site Staff
December 13, 2012
Wolf hunters and trappers had killed 97 animals as of Dec. 10, and were nearing the target harvest in the northeastern part of the state.
Link from "Headway continues on wetland protection report" December 7th, 2012
Site Staff
December 6, 2012
Headway continues on wetland protction report
Changes for fisher, marten seasons?
Site Staff
December 6, 2012
This year’s abbreviated trapping season for martens and fishers may have resulted in a harvest of the two species lower than last year, but that, after all, was the intention, according to a DNR official.
Late-season trappers and hunters harvest 56 wolves
Site Staff
December 6, 2012
Muzzleloader deer kill up 15 percent
Zone 3 a bright spot in 2012 deer hunt
Site Staff
November 29, 2012
Deer hunters across the state killed more bucks this year than last year, but a decline in the antlerless kill led to an overall harvest that was 7 percent below last year.
