Hunting
Joe Shead: Minnesota’s northeastern deer hunting bleak at best
You hear it all the time from northland deer hunters: There are no deer. There are too many wolves. The Minnesota DNR doesn’t know what it’s doing.
Usually, I just brush this kind of
Streams of Thought: Will more land-transfer legislation emerge in Minnesota this year? Upper Red Lake Association preparing for it
Today, for me, it feels like the drama of the 2024 Minnesota legislative session just ended. Maybe it’s because some aspects of it still haunt my dreams.
But, here we are, just days away
Ron Schara: Minnesota’s ‘Boss Tom’ about to step down from position with NWTF
Minnesota’s “Boss Tom” is strutting away.
Tom Glines recently announced he’s retiring after more than 30 years of gobbling on behalf of Minnesota’s wild turkey population and the state’s growing flock of turkey hunters.
Steve Sarley: NWTF says suburban turkeys near Chicago likely fell victim to coyotes – or age
I’m going to conclude a story (Finally, I can hear you say!) I call “The Case of the Missing Turkeys.” I began my mysterious tale here in Illinois Outdoor News and I’m ready to wrap
Minnesota DNR hosts 2025 Roundtable on Friday
With the annual DNR Roundtable kicking off Friday, Jan. 10, this year, there will be eight sessions and eight panel discussions hosted throughout the day on various topics from water conservation to elk management.
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Apply for turkey permits for ‘A’ season in select WMAs
Turkey hunters have through Friday, Feb. 21, to apply for turkey-hunting permits for the A spring hunting season at Carlos Avery or Whitewater wildlife management areas. There will be 30 permits available for Carlos Avery
Minnesota DNR discontinues targeted culling in three southeast deer permit areas
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will discontinue targeted culling in deer permit areas 646, 647 and 648, in the southeast corner of the state, where chronic wasting disease has reached endemic stage, or a
Wisconsin DNR confirms first positive case of CWD in wild deer from Chippewa County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Wednesday confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Chippewa County.
The deer was a hunter-harvested 1-year-old buck
Culling to cease in parts of Minnesota’s southeast; how will that impact CWD prevalence rates?
While a chronic wasting disease predictive model is showing that prevalence of the disease could reach almost 15% in Minnesota’s Fillmore County whitetails by 2028, it’s too early to nail down its prevalence another five
