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Surplus spring turkey permits on sale to lottery participants March 15

Turkey hunters who were unsuccessful in this year's spring hunting season lottery may apply for surplus permits starting at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 15. The Minnesota Department of Natural...

Mon, Mar 15, 2010 - 4:53pm

Winter roundup: weather most likely to impact pheasant, grouse

It's too early to tell exactly what impact this winter's weather will have on all Minnesota game animals, but Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife biologists suspect that pheasants...

Tue, Mar 02, 2010 - 11:53am

Final 2009 Minnesota deer harvest numbers released

A strategy to achieve deer population goals by allowing hunters to harvest fewer deer succeeded in 2009, according to final deer harvest numbers the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)...

Wed, Feb 17, 2010 - 11:57am

New DNR license-buying system goes online Feb. 18

Minnesotans who buy their hunting, fishing and other Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) licenses at retail outlets will soon do so via a new electronic licensing system. Effective Feb. 18,...

Tue, Feb 16, 2010 - 12:42am

Ely bear cubs due any day; check out the bear cam

It's likely Lily will have cubs in the next few days. Births are typically in mid to late January. 10 (71%) of 14 females like Lily had cubs at age...

Fri, Jan 22, 2010 - 6:52am

Snow, cold also hard on wildlife

WILLMAR -- This winter's growing snowpack and spate of subzero temperatures is not record-setting, but it is putting stress on wildlife populations in the region. The stress on pheasants is...

Tue, Jan 12, 2010 - 1:56pm

Shelled corn available for pheasants

The Stevens County Chapter of Pheasants Forever has shelled corn available for feeding pheasants within the county. Money generated at the annual Pheasants Forever Banquet is used to purchase the...

Thu, Jan 07, 2010 - 1:41pm

Firearms Safety Class offered in Morris

A Firearms Safety Class is being offered for youth and adults in Morris this February. Participants must be at least 11 years old to attend the class. Receiving this safety...

Thu, Jan 07, 2010 - 10:57am

Dennis Haaland, of East Yellow Medicine Pheasants Forever, left, visits with Mike and Arvid Risa about the hunting benefits made possible by the land they enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. Tribune file photo

West central region keeps majority of its CRP lands

WILLMAR -- More than 3.4 million acres across the country was pulled out of the Conservation Reserve Program when the contracts on those lands expired in September. Most of that...

farm / agriculture / USDA Tue, Jan 05, 2010 - 8:57am

Spring turkey hunting application deadline is Friday, Jan. 8

Adult hunters may apply for one of nearly 57,000 permits to hunt a five- or seven-day season in one of 77 permit areas. Youth 17 and younger no longer need...

Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 4:03am

Late goose migration reduces take

WATSON -- A trend towards an ever later geese migration was evident again at the Lac qui Parle refuge, where the 2009 season ended with only 185 birds taken from...

Mon, Dec 21, 2009 - 12:57am

Spring turkey hunting applications accepted through Jan. 8

Applications for the 2010 spring turkey hunt are being accepted through Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Adult hunters may apply for one of nearly...

Thu, Dec 17, 2009 - 11:31am

DNR officials say the trophy deer, whose rack is shown here at a November press conference, was felled by a firearm.

DNR: Firearm killed trophy buck

The trophy buck allegedly poached by a Cannon Falls, Minn., man was shot with firearm during bow season, a Department of Natural Resources official said Monday. DNR conservation officer Tyler...

Tue, Dec 01, 2009 - 4:08pm

Hunters take fewer deer during firearms season but harvest is on track

Minnesota's firearms deer harvest is down 11.6 percent from 2008 but on track with expectations, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Since the season opened Nov. 7, preliminary...

Wed, Nov 25, 2009 - 12:47am

Roadsides for wildlife kick-off event Dec. 3

Those interested in learning about the value of roadside wildlife habitat are invited to a free public workshop on Dec. 3 near Sauk Centre. The workshop is designed for representatives...

Wed, Nov 18, 2009 - 5:57am

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