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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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2000: Winds of Hell

2000: Winds of Hell

1940 Armistice Day blizzard traps hunters and others around the state.
by Mark Steil

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Moose population is down, so why are we hunting them?

Moose population is down, so why are we hunting them?

Minnesota's annual moose hunt is underway -- even though the animal is all but gone from northwest Minnesota, and the herd is in decline in the northeast. Even some moose hunters wonder why the state allows the animals to be hunted at all.
by Bob Kelleher

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Minnesota duck hunting season opens Saturday

As Minnesota duck hunters prepare for Saturday's season opener, safety experts are reminding them to pack something that could save their lives.

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Researcher might again seek laws to protect collared bears

Despite pleas to hunters by researchers and others not to shoot radio-collared bears, at least three have been killed in northern Minnesota this season.

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Sandhill crane hunting season draws fire

Sandhill crane hunting season draws fire

Audubon Minnesota and the Minnesota Conservation Federation say the Department of Natural Resources bypassed its usual public input process.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Minn. announces 2010 special youth deer season

Minnesota has announced details of its special early youth deer season for 2010.

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Band members continue plans to assert tribal rights with protest

Band members continue plans to assert tribal rights with protest

Organizers with the White Earth and Leech Lake Bands of Ojibwe, including Boone Wadena, above, plan to go fishing before the state walleye opener as a way to assert hunting and fishing rights they say tribal chiefs never relinquished in an 1855 treaty.
by Tom Robertson

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