Allowing use of straight-wall cartridge rifles here would offer hunters a welcome option that is safer than shotguns and easier to carry and shoot, with similar range and greater accuracy.

The 2023 firearms deer hunting season opens on Saturday, November 5 in the state’s central and southern areas. For northeastern Minnesota, the opener is a week later on November 12. The opening ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting a higher number of deer harvested during the 2024 hunting season. The department estimates a 7% increase from 2023, with more than ...

This finding is concerning because it indicates possible new areas of CWD prevalence in wild deer where it hasn’t previously ...

The closest CWD positive wild deer to the one detected in DPA 701 is 31 miles from a positive in DPA 605. The CWD positive ...

ROCHESTER — The Minnesota ... antlerless deer harvest, abiding by carcass movement restrictions, obeying feeding and attractant bans and participating in additional hunting opportunities ...

Cases confirmed in two adult bucks — one in DPA 266 near Hawley, Minnesota, and the other in DPA 701 near Greenfield in ...

Minnesota elk hunters had an 80% success rate during the season in Kittson County that began Saturday, Sept. 21, and wrapped up Sunday, Sept. 29, according to statistics from the state Department ...

Two adult male deer tested ... of late season hunting, landowner shooting permits and targeted culling. Results of CWD tests completed thus far are available on the Minnesota DNR’s CWD test ...