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Ruffed grouse counts down from last year
The 2021 statewide survey results for ruffed grouse were 1.3 drums per stop. The most recent peak in 2017 was 2.1 drums per stop. During the low point of the cycles, counts are typically about 0.8 drums per stop.
Counts show sharp drop in sharptails in east-central Minnesota
DNR: Management actions planned, including closing east-central hunting zone season
Friends of Animals says it intends to drop federal duck stamp lawsuit
Comment period on Biden USFWS proposal to eliminate the duck stamp ‘hunting element’ ends July 23
Minnesota DNR: No wolf season until 2022 at soonest
The agency said in a statement that it's taking longer than expected to update its 20-year-old wolf management plan, and it's now expected to be done by March.
Three chosen for 'once-in-a-lifetime' elk harvest tags
The DNR randomly selected the three hunters from a drawing pool of more than 25,000 applicants. The winning hunters are from the greater Madison, Marshfield and Manitowoc areas.
Iowa pheasant harvest second highest in more than a decade
“Part of the increased harvest was due to the increase in pheasant hunters – 10,000 more hunters compared to 2019, which was the highest since 2009."
Sharp-tailed grouse hunting season to remain closed for fall 2021
This is the third year the season has been closed.
NRB's last-minute cut to antlerless tags in 6 counties angers Cole
It could be one of the first times in recent memory that a DNR secretary indicated he might not carry out an NRB order.
Apply by Aug. 20 for Camp Ripley archery hunts
Beginning this year, the format of the hunt will change to a single three-day event happening Oct. 29-31.
North Dakota pheasant estimate up, but drought is wild card
It took the state about three years to recover from the last drought, in 2017.
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