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Wind limits success on Minnesota deer opener

Windy weather meant limited success on the opening weekend of Minnesota's firearms deer season.

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Minnesota duck season to open week early this year

Minnesota duck season to open week early this year

Minnesota's duck hunting season will open a week earlier than usual.

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Shutdown disrupts state park visitors, holiday plans

Shutdown disrupts state park visitors, holiday plans

Reservations will be disrupted for more than 3,000 campsites in state parks should the government shut down.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Duluth council considers extending city deer hunt

Duluth is considering whether to extend the annual bow hunt for deer in the city.

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Flesh-eating beetles clean up on European mounts

Flesh-eating beetles clean up on European mounts

Allen Edberg bought flesh-eating beetles to clean the skulls of deer for European mounts, a form of deer mount that has become popular with Minnesota hunters. In a European mount, the antlers and skull remain intact, mounted as one.

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Bear researchers want killing of collared bears banned

Bear researchers want killing of collared bears banned

Supporters of the North American Bear Center in Ely are asking lawmakers to make it illegal for hunters to kill research bears tagged with radio collars.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Chronic wasting disease in deer an 'isolated incident,' DNR says

Chronic wasting disease in deer an 'isolated incident,' DNR says

Minnesota DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr said a single wild whitetail deer shot this fall near Pine Island has tested positive for chronic wasting disease -- a first for the state.
by Dan Gunderson

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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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