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DNR argues for higher fishing, hunting license fees

DNR argues for higher fishing, hunting license fees

Officials at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say the state needs to consider hunting and fishing license fee hikes to prevent the state's Game and Fish Fund from being depleted by 2015.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Nature takes its course for trophy elk in N. Minn.

Nature takes its course for trophy elk in N. Minn.

Ryan Muirhead and a couple of deer hunting buddies came across a trapped bull in Decemeber and did their best to save the huge animal. They didn't know it at the time, but the elk's antlers eventually would measure among the largest ever.

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Deer hunters group wants to catch cougars on trail cameras

The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is asking people with trail cameras to leave them up this winter so that they might catch a picture of a predator -- especially a cougar.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Minn. deer hunters on pace to exceed '09 harvest

The Department of Natural Resources says hunters have registered 171,000 deer since the firearms season opened Nov. 6. The DNR says 107,000 deer were registered during opening weekend.

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Muzzleloader season begins today

Thousands of Minnesotans headed to the woods and fields today for the opening of muzzleloader deer hunting season.
by Tom Robertson

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Tough fight ahead in Wisconsin against deer disease

Tough fight ahead in Wisconsin against deer disease

The fight against chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin deer is being hampered by politics and the powerful traditions of the state's annual deer hunt, according to officials and wildlife experts with the state Department of Natural Resources.

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Pawlenty fails to bag deer on opener

Gov. Tim Pawlenty failed to bag a deer during his final Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener, which was held in the Little Falls area.

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4 injured in opening weekend of Minn. deer season

Two of the incidents were in separate incidents in Otter Tail County. No fatalities have been reported.

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Minnesota firearms deer season opens

Hunters are taking to the woods and fields Saturday for opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season.

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DNR expects more deer will be taken in '10

The Department of Natural Resources predicts this season's deer hunt will be more successful for hunters heading into the woods and fields beginning Saturday.

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