Minnesota Mixed Bag: Upper Red walleye limit to be five for open-water season
Staff Report
April 5, 2023
Outdoor news items from across Minnesota published in the April 7, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Big Game
Youth deer hunt, big game quartering, trapper ed fees up for vote April 10-13 in Wisconsin
Staff Report
April 5, 2023
Adding two days to the youth deer hunt, changing how hunters are allowed to butcher deer, elk, and bears in the field, and allowing citizens on private land to shoot bears in the act of
Nebraska Big Game Society to auction off bull elk tag on May 4
DNR Report
April 4, 2023
Residents and nonresidents are eligible for the bull elk tag. The high bidder will receive a bull elk tag valid in any elk management unit during a 2023 open bull elk season. Proceeds from the
Deadline for Minnesota’s bear hunt lottery applications is May 5
DNR Report
April 3, 2023
Prospective bear hunters in have until May 5 to apply for a bear hunting license from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Applications for the 2023 season can be submitted online, at any license agent
Elk visionary Rawley Cogan named Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ Person of the Year
Deborah Weisberg
April 3, 2023
Rawley Cogan’s first assignment with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, in 1982, was to help research why the state’s elk population was failing to thrive.
For a 23-year-old wildlife technician, fresh out of Slippery Rock
Minnesota DNR policy bill addresses state’s elk herd, WIA use, ground blinds
Brian Mozey
March 31, 2023
The Minnesota DNR’s policy-related bill was discussed by members of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee on March 22. The bill (HF 2564, authored by Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul)
Bison conservation the focus of Minnesota DNR webinar session
Brian Mozey
March 31, 2023
The Minnesota DNR hosted a webinar on March 15 that focused on the state’s bison conservation program. Molly Tranel Nelson, DNR Parks and Trails Division regional resource specialist, offered a Minnesota bison status report along
Minnesota DNR seeks public input on proposal to expand elk zone
Brian Mozey
March 23, 2023
The Minnesota DNR is seeking public input on a proposal to expand the boundaries of elk Zone 20 by about six miles to the west and three miles to the south. This zone is near
Special license exams coming up in New York
Staff Report
March 21, 2023
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that annual examinations for individuals seeking a license to practice the sport of falconry, become a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator, or use leashed tracking dogs for
