Duck hunting slows as lakes freeze
Minnesota DNR Reports
November 9, 2018
But Canada goose numbers remain good in many areas and should provide some opportunity for goose hunters over the next week.
Minnesota DNR
Deer farm infected with CWD in 2016 identifies additional cases
Staff and News Reports
November 9, 2018
Chronic wasting disease was detected in four harvested samples from farmed deer at a quarantined farm in Crow Wing County.
Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Nov. 9, 2018
Site Staff
November 8, 2018
District 1 – Baudette area CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls) worked the firearms deer season opening weekend and saw moderate success with the mild temperatures. Numerous calls to retrieve deer from posted land were
Report: Duck, waterfowl hunter numbers continue to dwindle
Minnesota DNR Reports
November 2, 2018
But Canada goose numbers continue to increase slightly each week in most areas. And while wetlands conditions remain good, hunting pressure is extremely low and will likely decline further with the deer opener this weekend.
Minnesota, Wisconsin propose fishing regulation changes on Mississippi
Staff and News Reports
November 1, 2018
Would include the combined daily bag limit for walleye and sauger from six to four, with one over 20 inches, and include an option to further reduce the bag limit for sauger in Pools 5
Archers take 237 deer in Camp Ripley hunts
Minnesota DNR Reports
November 1, 2018
Hunters shrugged off mild, windy and wet weather at this year’s Camp Ripley bow hunts near Little Falls, taking 237 deer in two hunts over a total of four days, Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 27-28.
Nighttime walleye painting lands Lakeville artist yet another stamp-contest win
Minnesota DNR Reports
November 1, 2018
The 2019 walleye stamp will feature Stephen Hamrick’s painting of a walleye swimming at night under a full moon near an angler’s leech-baited hook and slip bobber. It’s the 11th time he’s won a DNR
Minnesota Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Nov. 2, 2018
Site Staff
November 1, 2018
District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) and COC Jacqueline Hughes checked anglers and waterfowl hunters on Lake of the Woods and at the Northwest Angle. They also checked Thief Lake for duck-hunting
One keeper walleye, 21 to 23 inches, allowed on Mille Lacs this winter
Minnesota DNR Reports
October 30, 2018
DNR focuses the harvest on mature female fish, which are in abundance in the lake, and hence the new slot, the agency says.
