Category Archives: Hunting

Governor signs license fee increase bill

(Released May 4, 2012)

The price of Minnesota hunting and fishing licenses will increase in March 2013 for the first time in 12 years, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.

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Apply now for the 2012 Minnesota elk hunt

(Released April 23, 2012)

Hunters have until Friday, June 1, to apply for one of 23 elk licenses offered this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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Campaign helps teens meet toms during spring wild turkey season

(Released April 16, 2012)

Getting more adults to take young wild turkey hunters into the field is the goal of a $10,000 grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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DNR takes aim at southeastern Minnesota deer issues

(Released March 22, 2012)

Just as all politics are local, so too are deer issues. Recognizing this, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has created a new position to better manage deer and deer hunter-landowner relations in southeastern Minnesota.

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Minnesota DNR hires Bob Welsh to manage wildlife habitat program

(Released March 12, 2012)

A veteran Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologist has been selected to manage the state’s wildlife habitat program. Bob Welsh, an assistant regional wildlife manager for the past six years, will oversee the agency’s recently realigned forest, wetland and … Full Story

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DNR to reassess deer population goals

(Released March 5, 2012)

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin reassessing deer population goals this spring. From 2005 through 2007 the DNR used an extensive public input process to establish deer population goals for all of the state’s approximately 130 deer … Full Story

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DNR names Erik Thorson acting big game program leader

(Released March 5, 2012)

Erik Thorson, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) forest wildlife coordinator, has accepted a temporary assignment to oversee the agency’s while-tailed deer and other big game programs.

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DNR program pays landowners to allow public hunting on their land

(Released January 26, 2012)

Landowners in 21 southwestern Minnesota counties can earn money by allowing public hunting on their private land through the Walk-In Access (WIA) program, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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DNR releases proposal for wolf harvest season this fall

(Released January 25, 2012)

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing an inaugural gray wolf hunting and trapping season this fall that calls for a conservative harvest quota of 400 animals.

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Minnesota’s Wolf Management Plan to take effect Jan. 27

(Released January 19, 2012)

Minnesota’s population of wolves will transition from federal protection to state management by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Jan. 27, bringing with that transition a number of law changes.

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Minnesota deer harvest declines 7 percent in 2011

(Released January 19, 2012)

Lower deer populations and a windy first weekend of the firearms season resulted in Minnesota’s deer harvest dropping 7 percent in 2011, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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No additional CWD positive deer detected in southeastern Minnesota

(Released January 10, 2012)

Good news. That’s what the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received following the testing of more than 2,300 deer this fall and winter for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

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Limited wolf season possible in 2012

(Released January 6, 2012)

Minnesota wildlife officials have begun to plan for a limited gray wolf hunting and trapping season in late 2012. This action follows last month’s announcement that wolves will return to state management Jan. 27 following roughly 35 years of federal … Full Story

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Kathy DonCarlos named DNR Fish and Wildlife deputy director

(Released November 7, 2011)

A former wildlife manager and fish and wildlife policy specialist has been promoted to deputy director of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife Division.

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Closed portions of the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area reopen after fire

(Released October 13, 2011)

Portions of the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) that were closed to protect the safety of area users and facilitate wildfire suppression activities during the recent Juneberry fire have reopened.

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Questions and answers with Dave Trauba, DNR Lac qui Parle Area supervisor

(Released October 10, 2011)

Dave Trauba oversees the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife operations for Big Stone, Lac qui Parle and Swift counties and has been with the DNR since 1992. He is an avid pheasant hunter and outdoorsman.

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