Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Dec. 20, 2023
Staff Report
December 20, 2023
Head north for “better” ice during the holiday weekend. A look at the Minnesota fishing report on Dec. 20, 2023.
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Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Ice safety a concern around the state
Staff Report
December 20, 2023
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Dec. 22, 2023, edition of Outdoor News.
Scrambling to fill the freezer? Here are three ways to get one more deer before year’s end
Site Staff
December 20, 2023
This is the down-to-the-wire time when a lot of hunters gaze into their chest freezers and realize that it wouldn’t be so bad to go into the new year with some more venison.
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources addresses need for updated funding plan
Brian Mozey
December 20, 2023
The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) met on Thursday, Dec. 7, in two parts. The first meeting was with all the members at 9 a.m. followed by a subcommittee for strategic planning with a
Steve Carney: Late-season pheasant hunters can be a lonely group
Steve Carney
December 20, 2023
We received just enough snow recently to allow bird hunters to see pheasant tracks in the snow and determine if there are birds in an area.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: CWD tests available online for hunters
Staff and News Reports
December 20, 2023
Hunters may check the Minnesota DNR’s website for chronic wasting disease test results for the deer they’ve harvested. The site also shows statewide CWD test results, summary statistics, and mapped locations of deer that tested
Minnesota’s pheasant hunt receives high grades this season
Tim Spielman
December 20, 2023
Is there a growing schism within the pheasant-hunting community?
Probably not, but there definitely are hunters who, during this oddly mild December, are haunted by visions of snow and cattails … and roosters. There
Harvest dips for Minnesota’s 2023 late-season CWD management hunt
Brian Mozey
December 20, 2023
Minnesota’s late CWD hunt took place this past weekend, Dec. 15-17, in seven 600 Series deer permit areas and one in the 300 Series DPAs. The Minnesota DNR saw a decrease in harvest from last
Anglers rescued from breakaway ice floe on Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake
Staff Report
December 19, 2023
Officials in northern Minnesota on Dec. 17 were summoned to rescue 30-some ice anglers stranded on a breakaway ice floe on Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County, the latest such operation on the popular early-ice
