Minnesota

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Hunters in the state should kill an average of 650,000 ruffed grouse per year, no matter where grouse are at in their 10-year cycle, according to a

Minnesota DNR weighing upcoming duck-hunting season bag limit options By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul – Last year, while hunters up and down the Mississippi Flyway were allowed a daily bag of six ducks,

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Washington – The nation’s refuge system is at the breaking point, crippled by funding cuts that threaten their ability to fill their role as providers of wildlife habitat and public

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Audubon, Minn. – Waterfowl, deer, and small game hunters could see additional hunting opportunities in western Minnesota this year, should proposals be approved – and programs put into place –

Blaze could affect moose hunt By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Grand Marais, Minn. — Early this week, firefighters from a number of states and various agencies continued to battle a big blaze located within the

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — In their third shot at hunting the birds in the state, Minnesota dove hunters this fall will have some new options. The DNR is in the process

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — As a project to assess and control the state’s deer population continues, the results of an extensive survey give insight into the way hunters feel about certain

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Rochester, Minn. – Lack of water flow through Pool 5 of the Mississippi River has caused officials to at least temporarily abandon an attempt to draw down the pool, and