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Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Dec. 7, 2018
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on Lake of the Woods. Violations encountered included snowmobile and ATV registration display violations as well as angling with extra lines. CO Jeremy Woinarowicz

Wild deer identified as presumptive positive for CWD outside of disease management zone
It is the first detection of the disease in Houston County since testing began in 2002. If confirmed positive, the DNR will offer landowner shooting permits in the area around where the deer was harvested

Hunter saves buck stuck on icy lake
The rescue came two days before deer rifle season opened in Pennsylvania.

DNR’s newest conservation officers set to hit the field
They’ve saved a hunter’s life, helped remove a deer running wild through the basement of a home and taught firearms safety classes. They’ve busted poachers, had lunch with kids and learned the ins and outs

Alaskans travel to Wisconsin to hunt whitetails
Father, son hunters head to Wisconsin to stack up venison.

DNR announces two special December deer hunts to aid CWD management in southeastern Minnesota
Residents and nonresidents can participate in the hunts from Friday, Dec. 21 to Sunday, Dec. 23 and Friday, Dec. 28 to Sunday, Dec. 30 in deer permit areas 603, 347 and 348, and portions of

Ice fishing quandary: the jigging spoon paradox
Top anglers match spoon design for different phases of winter and the moods of walleyes.

Ohio sees significant drop-off in gun deer harvest
Amid challenging weather, hunters in Ohio checked 60,557 white-tailed deer during the 2018 weeklong deer-gun season. Last year, hunters checked 72,814 deer over the same period.

Will persisting chronic wasting disease end APR in southeast Minnesota?
With 11 more CWD positives so far this fall – all white-tailed bucks – can antler-point restrictions survive in 2019?