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Ortonville in spotlight for Minnesota Governor’s pheasant hunt opener
Hunters adorned with blaze orange last Saturday hit the public lands surrounding Ortonville in western Minnesota, where the DNR, Explore Minnesota, and the Governor’s Office hosted the 13th annual pheasant-hunting opener event.
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How to use your dog effectively for fall turkey hunting
September 22, 2025. It is the equinox when the sun is directly over the equator with equal length of day in the northern and southern hemisphere marking the beginning of spring in the southern hemisphere
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: 911 call a reminder that duck dogs get excited, can tip canoes
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Steve Carney: Early duck hunting and whitetail weirdness
As we approach the midpoint of the Minnesota waterfowl season, we can only hope things will get better. For this hunter, it’s been a struggle so far. I have spent a good deal of time
Minnesota’s latest pheasant, turkey stamps chosen
Lakeville artist Stephen Hamrick won the Minnesota pheasant stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a pheasant. The winner was selected Oct. 2 from eight eligible submissions. Second place went to Matt Linz, of Ramsey,
Conservation champions Lessard, Anderson honored with new Minnesota Wildlife Management Area
Supporters gathered just a few steps from the banks of the Rainy River on Oct. 6 for a dedication ceremony to celebrate the new Lessard-Anderson Wildlife Management Area in northern Minnesota.
The WMA is
Minnesota Mixed Bag: North Metro Ice Show comes to Ramsey, Oct. 25-26
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26. Tickets are $10 for those ages 16 to 54; $7 for those age
How have crossbows impacted deer, turkeys in Minnesota after two seasons? DNR releases report
As required by the state Legislature after allowing all hunters to use crossbows to hunt deer and turkeys, the Minnesota DNR has compiled its crossbow report for the 2023 and ’24 seasons. The agency says
Minnesota pheasant opener largely typical with crops, heat playing a part
For the first few hours of last Saturday’s pheasant opener in Minnesota, Mother Nature smiled upon the state’s 50,000 or so blaze-orange-clad upland hunters, many of whom waited patiently at state and federal public accesses
