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Three hunters charged in South Dakota lion killing

MITCHELL, S.D. -- Two area men are among three hunters charged with illegally using dogs to tree and kill a mountain lion Feb. 1 in Pennington County. The female lion...

news / crime Thu, Apr 04, 2013 - 8:43am

Bear hunt application deadline May 3

Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses are available beginning Monday, April 1, and will be accepted through Friday, May 3, the Department of Natural of Resources (DNR) said. A total...

outdoors Sat, Mar 30, 2013 - 8:00am

Maureen Hackett of Howling for Wolves asks lawmakers to reinstate a moratorium on wolf hunting in Minnesota. (Forum News Service photo)

Wolf advocates want hunt moratorium in Minnesota

ST. PAUL — Advocates could not prevent Minnesota’s first wolf hunting season, but they now are asking state lawmakers to put a stop to the hunt for at least five...

outdoors Fri, Mar 15, 2013 - 8:24am

A gray wolf rests in the snow. (File photo courtesy of the National Park Service)

Poll finds support to delay next Minnesota wolf hunt

A majority of Minnesotans surveyed last month favor a five-year delay before the state holds another wolf hunting and trapping season, according to a poll conducted for a pro-wolf group...

outdoors Mon, Mar 11, 2013 - 1:06pm

Dave and Dan Hanson and the monster elk they dubbed “Bubba.” Dan bagged Bubba on the last day of the 2012 elk hunting in Kittson County, Minn. It is the second largest elk on record taken in Minnesota. Submitted Photo

Former Detroit Lakes man bags second largest elk ever taken in MN

I was lucky enough to be drawn for an either-sex elk tag in the 2012 Minnesota elk hunt’s first season Sept. 15 through Sept. 23 in the Kittson County Central...

outdoors Fri, Mar 08, 2013 - 2:22pm

Minnesota lawmakers to introduce bill to stop wolf hunt

Legislation is expected to be introduced at the state Capitol today to place a five-year moratorium on Minnesota's wolf hunting season and call for other options for wolf population control...

news / outdoors Thu, Feb 21, 2013 - 9:08am

Overrun with deer, Hallock, Minnesota to start own hunting season

Hallock, a town of 960 in northwestern Minnesota, will have its own deer hunting season this fall. City fathers recently voted to hold a bow-hunting season in an effort to...

outdoors / news Thu, Feb 14, 2013 - 8:59am

Women's turkey hunt applications due Feb. 19

First-time adult women turkey hunters have the chance to step afield this spring and learn from an experienced National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) volunteer. Women are encouraged to sign-up with...

outdoors Fri, Feb 08, 2013 - 3:20pm

Bull Moose - Photo courtesy of DNR

DNR ends moose hunting season early after population drops

Minnesota's moose hunting season is history. After a dramatic drop in the moose population from last year to this year, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that it...

outdoors Thu, Feb 07, 2013 - 9:35am

Record set for people reporting poachers to Minnesota DNR

Calls to a toll-free hotline for Minnesotans to report illegal hunting and fishing activity shot up 54 percent in 2012 to 2,051 calls. The so-called Turn In Poachers hotline broke...

outdoors Mon, Feb 04, 2013 - 2:14pm

A gray wolf rests in the snow. Credit: National Park Service.

Opponents criticize hunting season on wolves

The foes were identified by speaker after speaker who referred to a hunter-turned-prey as "brother wolf" Saturday. Chief among the enemies of the animal - as defined by those who...

news / outdoors Mon, Feb 04, 2013 - 9:09am

In a 2011 photo, a bull moose grazes on water lilies in the canoe country north of Ely, Minn.
Sam Cook / Forum News Service

DNR defends moose hunt despite declining population

DULUTH, Minn. - Darin Fagerman used to see moose near his home north of Grand Marais fairly frequently. Not anymore. "The last moose we saw here was six years ago,"...

outdoors / DNR Mon, Jan 28, 2013 - 9:10am

State wolf season closed

Minnesota's first-ever wolf season closed at the end of shooting and trapping hours on Thursday, Jan. 3. As of Jan. 2, 181 wolves had been registered in the late season...

outdoors Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 3:22pm

Computer error about wolf season confuses Minnesota hunters, trappers

A computer error has confused wolf hunters and trappers in Minnesota's Northwest Wolf Hunting Zone, telling them in a telephone hotline that the season is closed when it actually remains...

news / outdoors Wed, Jan 02, 2013 - 12:14pm

A bunch of Wisconsin 1960s metal license tags with colored caps and a fine example of a 1963 Michigan resident hunting license.
Photo by - Mark Greenig

The way deer hunting used to be...

Being an avid outdoor person, whether in the fishing boat or hunting blind, I am often blessed with time to ponder many different topics. None of my thoughts are so...

outdoors Fri, Dec 21, 2012 - 3:33pm

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