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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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Youths get first crack at turkey hunting

Youths get first crack at turkey hunting

It isn't that Amber Reinking doesn't have any experience with turkeys. She raised three of them last summer at her Rice Lake Township home.

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Application deadline for moose hunting permits is May 7

Hunters who want the rare chance to hunt a moose in northeastern Minnesota this fall have until May 7 to apply.

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Minnesota turkey hunters are getting another shot

Minnesota turkey hunters are getting another shot.

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Fetching fun: Teaching dogs to sniff out antlers

Fetching fun: Teaching dogs to sniff out antlers

In his 30 years of dog training, Tom Dokken has taught retrievers, pointers and setters to find pheasants, ducks and grouse. Now he has another mission: teaching dogs to find shed antlers from deer.

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Bill stirs passions in Minn. gun debate

Gun control and gun rights advocates are ready for a clash over a bill that would require a background check on buyers of firearms at Minnesota gun shows.

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