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No application needed for 2012 fall turkey hunt

Starting this year, Minnesota turkey hunters may purchase a license over the counter to hunt the fall season wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold, the Minnesota Department of Natural...

sports / outdoors / hunting Mon, Aug 27, 2012 - 5:20pm

One of those real diversions is fast approaching

There are polite diversions in life, and then there are the real ones. Speaking for those who enjoy hunting, we are closing in on the real ones. The September goose...

sports / outdoors / hunting Mon, Aug 27, 2012 - 5:20pm

DNR to offer limited moose hunt this fall

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Tuesday that it will offer a limited bulls-only hunting season this fall. Eleven of the of the 87 available permits will be...

sports / outdoors / hunting Sat, Mar 31, 2012 - 3:33pm

Deer numbers could be matter of perception

How good or how bad the 2011 firearm deer hunting season was for folks in central Minnesota is still in question. With official figures still on the way, the perception...

sports / outdoors / hunting Tue, Nov 22, 2011 - 1:43pm

The adventures of a rookie deer hunter

With everyone carrying guns, we were like desperadoes headed to hold up a train as I and the guys who were taking me hunting crunched through the predawn darkness on...

opinion / outdoors / hunting Sun, Nov 20, 2011 - 2:02pm

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Louie Vandermay of Brainerd shot a 9-point buck Nov. 6 while hunting on his uncle's farm north of New York Mills.

sports / hunting / outdoors Sun, Nov 20, 2011 - 1:45pm

Fergus Falls man attacked by deer

A Fergus Falls man is a little stiff and sore, but thankful to be alive after a buck charged and threw him to the ground during a hunt near his...

sports / outdoors / hunting Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 11:41am

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Left to right: Harold Johnson, Gabe, David Johnson, Christopher, David Johnson, Bruce Barth, Gail Johnson, Todd Barth.

Still hunting at 85

Gail Johnson, of Verndale, is still hunting at the ripe young age of 85. He hunted this year with his sons, Harold Johnson of Staples, David Johnson of Los Lunas,...

sports / news / outdoors / hunting Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 11:40am

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Brandon Wegscheid shot a non-typical 11-point buck Monday morning north of Bluffton. The Wadena-Deer Creek seventh-grader was allowed to skip one day of school for hunting. He is the son of Joel and Becky Wegscheid.

Weather slows down deer hunt

The Minnesota firearm deer hunting opener was blown off course this weekend by a southerly gale that greatly limited success. One of the better areas was Verndale where some local...

sports / outdoors / hunting Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 11:36am

Photo by Brian Hansel
Orange-clad hunters will be spotted in stands around Wadena Nov. 5-13 as the Minnesota firearms season takes place in central Minnesota.

Orange gang will flood Minnesota

The rifles and slug guns come out this weekend as the Minnesota firearm deer hunting season begins a 15-day run. The state's deer herd is in fairly good shape despite...

sports / hunting Sat, Nov 05, 2011 - 8:33pm

Firearm deer harvest may top 2009

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports that firearm hunters have registered 171,000 deer since the firearm season opened on Nov. 6. During opening weekend, 107,000 deer were registered. "This...

sports / outdoors / hunting Fri, Dec 03, 2010 - 3:26pm

New York Mills' Suzi Karvonen took a
15-point buck Nov. 12 that dressed out at 210 pounds and had a green card score of 195 1/2.

sports / hunting / outdoors Fri, Dec 03, 2010 - 3:21pm

Photo by Steve Schulz
A large buck retreats into the woods west of Bluffton just prior to the deer hunting season.

sports / outdoors / hunting Fri, Nov 19, 2010 - 2:41pm

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Chris Hahn made his first foray into the deer woods a success by bagging a doe Nov. 14.

sports / hunting / outdoors Fri, Nov 19, 2010 - 1:28pm

Many deer hunters had good opening weekend

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported that firearm hunters harvested and registered 85,163 deer this past Saturday and Sunday, up very slightly from last year's 85,074. The early...

news / outdoors / hunting / sports Fri, Nov 12, 2010 - 3:41pm

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