Waterfowl season dates and limits, including significant changes designed to allow hunters to harvest more Canada geese, have been established for the fall season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
A special regulation that requires anglers to release all northern pike 26- to 40-inches long from Upper Red Lake has been in place since 2006. A proposal is being considered to modify this regulation to protect larger northern pike from 26- to 44-inches long.
Providing hunters of all ages more opportunities to harvest wild turkeys resulted in the highest spring turkey harvest on record, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites grant proposals for projects that would restore native shoreline vegetation across Minnesota.
Minnesota's 2010 Waterfowl Hunting Regulations handbook will be available beginning Friday, Aug. 20, wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, online at mndnr.gov/regulations, and in many Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offices across the state.
Deer hunters who use a firearm or muzzleloader in a lottery area and want to harvest an antlerless deer must apply for an either-sex permit by the Thursday, Sept. 9, deadline established by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Deer hunters who use a firearm or muzzleloader in a lottery area and want to harvest an antlerless deer must apply for an either-sex permit by the Thursday, Sept. 9, deadline established by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Anglers and lakeshore owners often wonder what muskellunge eat and how this top predator affects other fish populations once it has been introduced into a new body of water.
Reviews of existing or newly proposed regulations on 12 bodies of water to help manage sunfish, northern pike, walleye or brook trout populations will be the subject of 10 public meetings scheduled by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Fall wild turkey hunting licenses that remain after the landowner and regular lottery drawings will be available at noon on Monday, Sept. 13, at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) license agents and online at mndnr.gov/buyalicense.
Hunters participating in this fall's bear hunt, which opens Sept. 1, should avoid shooting radio-collared or ear-tagged animals, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Anglers who fish for walleye on Lake Winnibigoshish (Winnie) and connected waters will have a chance to discuss the experimental fishing regulation with DNR staff at open-house style public meetings in October.
Deer hunters who use a firearm or muzzleloader in deer permit areas 169, 197,172, 171, 173 and want to harvest an antlerless deer must apply for an either-sex permit by the Thursday, Sept. 9, deadline.
