Federal Program Decline Threatens Minn. Pheasants
As Saturday's pheasant season opener approaches, Minnesota officials are sounding an alarm about the decline of a federal grassland conservation program.
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As Saturday's pheasant season opener approaches, Minnesota officials are sounding an alarm about the decline of a federal grassland conservation program.
The duck hunter is a rare breed, willing to go great lengths to see wings over decoys.
More than 100 hunters in Minnesota received a lottery-drawn, once-in-a-lifetime moose license for this year's season, which opens Saturday. Problem is, some of those hunters may not be able to hunt.
Pheasant hunters will have fewer birds this year because of last year's harsh weather.
Wildlife managers are asking hunters not to shoot radio-collared bears during Minnesota's bear hunting season, which opens Thursday.
Minnesota deer hunting licenses go on sale Monday.
Pheasants Forever is dedicating a new wildlife area in west-central Minnesota.
Bear hunters will have to wait a little longer to find out if they've been given a Minnesota bear hunting permit for 2011.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the price of hunting and fishing licenses needs to go up or its Game and Fishing Fund will cease to be solvent by as soon as next year.
Duluth is considering whether to extend the annual bow hunt for deer in the city.
The Department of Natural Resources has a message for Minnesota hunters and anglers: We need more money.
Sometime in the next few days, waves of snow geese will fill the sky across parts of North Dakota and western Minnesota as the birds race north toward their arctic breeding grounds.
More long-necked sandhill cranes may soon end up in hunters' crosshairs if a bill makes its way through the Minnesota Legislature.
The Department of Natural Resources decided Monday that radio-collared bears will continue to be fair game to hunters this fall. Now, a Minnesota bear researcher says the DNR is exposing his life's work to unnecessary risk.
Officials of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say they likely will cut the number of moose hunting permits in half for this fall's moose season.
Minnesota's deer harvest rose 7 percent during the 2010 season, compared with the previous year.
Think of it as thinking outside the park. To get more people interested in nature and outdoor recreation, state parks are going to accelerate not only what is done inside parks but also outside park boundaries.
A deer hunter in southwestern Minnesota has found what's believed to be the body of a man missing for months.
A 14-year-old boy is in fair condition after a hunting accident as he was out with his father and three other men, according to St. Cloud Hospital and the Stearns County Sheriff's Office.
The first weekend of the deer rifle season was a busy one for hunters, but it was also a busy weekend for hunting-related shooting accidents. The DNR reported six over the weekend. Some were self-inflicted, while others involved another party.
The firearm deer hunting season opened with some changes to the registration process.
