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A look back at the top 10 Minnesota hunting, fishing, and conservation stories of 2016
The Outdoor News “year in review” appeared in this week’s print edition, and here’s how staffers ranked the biggest outdoors stories from a year that brought us public lands battles and President Trump

Minnesota DNR seeks input on popular public hunting area
open house on Jan. 17 to gather Input wanted on management plans for the Whitewater Wildlife Management Area

Bonus gun kill on par with last year
Athens, Ohio — Add an asterisk to the 9,228 total for Ohio’s just-concluded two-day so-named “bonus” firearms deer-hunting kill. While the final figure for the two-day hunt is almost a mirror image of that for
Ohio Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars Report – January 6th, 2017
Division of Wildlife Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the 2016 deer gun season, state wildlife officer supervisor Bill Bullard and state wildlife officer Brad Kiger, assigned to Franklin County, were on patrol
Michigan Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars Report – January 6th, 2017
DISTRICT 1 CO Jason Wicklund and CO Nathan Sink set up the deer decoy to target road hunting complaints in Iron County. It didn’t take long for an individual to stop and attempt to shoot

Appeals Court rules against DNR in invasive swine case
Matt Tingstad watched his pets “Gretchen” and “Princess Goreya” chug through the snow.

Bonding proposal kicks off Minnesota’s 2017 legislative session
Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal includes money for conservation and natural resources
Deer carcasses discovered in Rochester part of DNR disposal site
Agency spokesman said that, through mostly confiscations, the site gathered many more dead deer than it could give away, resulting in the pileup of deer left to decompose naturally
