Outdoors

Harvest numbers down as deer gun season comes to a close
Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say hunters registered 143,000 deer during the regular firearms season.
Minnesota's deer hunters can once again donate their kill to food shelves around the state.
About 2,000 hunters will participate in the early season, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has set a quota of 100 wolves to be killed.
Last year the DNR issued a record 166 citations for deer baiting, in addition to 49 warnings.
Minnesota's black bear hunting season begins today. The DNR issued 3,750 permits this season, which ends Oct. 13.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to reconsider plans for an off-reservation moose hunt.
Plans are moving forward for the 2013 Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener in the south-central city of Madelia.
Applications for Minnesota bear hunting licenses will be available starting Monday. The 3,750 licenses are available in 11 permit areas, down from the 6,000 available last year.
Opponents of Minnesota's wolf hunt planned to gather on the Bemidji State University campus on Saturday to explore ways to stop or alter the hunt.