Hunting

St. Paul — Firearms deer hunters after opening weekend are on track to kill as many or more deer than they did last year. Registration for Saturday and Sunday this year and last was 85,000

Groups still concerned about deer movement into contaminated former elk farm Rochester, Minn. — A year after a herd of nearly 560 elk in southeastern Minnesota was euthanized because of chronic wasting disease concerns, reports

Washington — Just weeks after it denied a petition from a number of environmental groups to ban the use of lead ammunition, the Environmental Protection Agency last week also shot down the second aspect of

Bemidji, Minn. — Waterfowlers hoping for the “big surge” of migrating ducks into the state got a taste of better action, but not enough to draw rave reviews last week. Since a front brought with

Tower, Minn. – Would the weather be too nice in Minnesota’s northeast? Would the mass of grouse hunters disrupt the hunt? Had this year’s crop of moose hunters done their due diligence while scouting? Questions

St. Paul – A new partnership aimed at highlighting the economic impact of hunting has launched in the state. Hunting Works for Minnesota includes more than 89 sporting organizations, small businesses, and retailers. Similar efforts

Madelia, Minn. — When DNR researcher Kurt Haroldson first began calculating pheasant data from the state’s August roadside surveys, the results were enough to make him re-figure. “When I ran the numbers the first time