Hunting
Archers don’t let EHD punt spirits
Bowhunters got off to a solid start and youth hunters shattered a record – all while the number of deer stricken with epizootic hemorrhagic disease topped 2,000.
Rabbit hunters have numbers on their sides
Good news for the state’s rabbit hunters: little has changed from the 2011 season.
Kiernan indicted in case of Illinois monster buck
Chris Kiernan’s buck had the state’s deer hunting community buzzing. The non-typical 36-pointer arrowed in November 2009 made the Morris hunter an instant celebrity and experts valued the deer’s mount at about $35,000.
Parks review could mean more hunting
State park superintendents gathered last week to pore over park maps that should – by Jan. 1, 2013 – delineate new hunting and trapping areas in all state parks and state trails.
Hunter downs ‘locked’ buck
How many bowhunters spend time thinking about their chances of bagging two bucks with just one arrow?
Youth deer hunt: Field of dreams
Harvest numbers still being tallied; no safety issues
Wolf hunt: Next stop, Minnesota Supreme Court?
On the same day two national animal rights groups signaled their intent to sue the federal government over gray wolves’ removal earlier this year from the endangered species list, two other groups asked the Minnesota
Rooster opener: good, but not great
Whenever the population of a game animal is estimated to be up nearly 70 percent from the previous hunting season, hunter expectations will elevate.
National hunt suggests decent 2012 grouse, woodcock hatch
Ruffed grouse, it seems, pulled off a decent hatch this year.
