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Hunters can now review the 2025 Minnesota deer hunting regulations, and deer hunting licenses will be available to purchase ...
Deer hunting licenses will be available to purchase on Aug. 1, according to a DNR press release. There is now one type of ...
A second consecutive mild winter allowed the DNR to keep the bag limits in the northwest and many other parts of Minnesota ...
“Minnesota boasts 8.2 million acres of public hunting land and has fielded an average of 476,000 deer hunters per season over the past 10 years. Those numbers are fundamental to the state’s ...
Historically, Drazkowski said, Minnesota initiated a shotgun-only zone when there was a desire to limit deer harvest in the face of a meager deer population in southern Minnesota. That rationale ...
In a move that’s got hunters across Minnesota buzzing, the state’s legislature is set to finalize a significant change to deer hunting regulations. The Environment Omnibus bill, which includes ...
Once again in 2025, young people will be able to hunt deer with an adult in a number of Minnesota state parks during several application-only special youth deer hunts, the Department of Natural ...
The Minnesota DNR is remaining conservative in antlerless hunting options for 2024, with the number of doe permits available the same in 90 deer permit areas, down in 30 and up in none. Two more ...
Minnesota's final deer harvest report for 2023 detailed declines in every region of the state, especially in the northeast, where hunters took 21% fewer deer than the year before.