Fall means deer hunting and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is educating hunters on testing for chronic wasting disease, quartering a deer and more through a video series.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that there will once again be a whole carcass importation ban in place for the hunting season.
Because deer numbers are rebounding across Minnesota, additional deer hunting opportunities will be available this fall. Hunters can buy deer licenses and apply to the lottery for antlerless deer permits beginning Wednesday, August 1.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting 17 special deer hunts that will allow youth to hunt with adult mentors in select state parks and other refuge areas.
The MN DNR is now implementing the Minnesota Draft Deer Management Plan. The goal of the plan is to get more citizen involvement in the population management.
Hunting season is in full swing, so the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to remind hunters who harvest deer, elk, moose or caribou outside of Minnesota that whole carcasses cannot be brought into the state.
I normally hunt all three weekends of the MN rifle season, but this year was a shorter season due to family obligations. So here I am all done hunting, and proud to have my first successful "stalking" of a deer story.
Hunting season means a lot of time with family and friends discussing the big shot or the one that got away. Now you can amaze them all by rattling off these Minnesota deer facts, courtesy of the Minnesota DNR.
The Minnesota DNR has been busy informing all hunters of permit areas where testing for Chronic Wasting Disease is mandatory. However, if you harvest a deer outside of one of these areas there is still testing available to make sure the deer is free of CWD.