Minnesota
Support for deer changes
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Greenbush, Minn. — Clyde Stephens, president of Quality Deer Management, Inc., has been pushing the DNR to alter the way it manages deer in the state, but even he was
New plan to reform LCMR on the table
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — State Rep. Dennis Ozment, R-Rosemount, thinks he has a plan to break the legislative logjam that surrounds proposals to reform the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources. The
Walleyes remain active despite persistent rain showers
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – The evening hours are providing consistent walleye action with slip bobbers and leeches on the 18- to 20-foot rock piles and reefs. Slowly presented live bait rigs and
Judge tosses out Minnesota lawsuit on N.D. hunting regs
By Dale Wetzel Associated Press Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota may restrict out-of-state hunters without violating constitutional protections for doing business between states, a federal judge has concluded. The decision threw out a Minnesota
Shallow water is holding the majority of walleyes and bass
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – The 16- to 18-foot rock piles are holding fish, most of which are taken with slip bobbers and leeches. The north end sand breaks are producing walleyes as
Operation cormorant cull tops 2,500; goal in sight
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Walker, Minn. – Wildlife officials are close to meeting their goal of culling 80 percent of the nesting cormorants from Little Pelican Island on Leech Lake. Federal sharpshooters have killed
Early doe season tops deer hunting changes
By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Change is coming to a deer hunt near you. Some hunters will hunt under new experimental regulations, some will hunt antlerless deer a few weeks early, and