Here are some tidbits of information as gleaned from the Minnesota DNR’s weekly teleconference on their Chronic Wasting Disease testing effort near Pine Island, Minnesota
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As sportsmen, we cannot let our proud heritage of gun ownership and use be so blatantly disregarded because we might hurt someone’s feelings. To avoid discussion on this critical gun rights topic for any reason only serves to minimize the importance of the issue—which, of course, is what the political left always strives to do.
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Several weeks back I was contacted by an individual named Rod Sommerfield who was quite upset with what he saw during Minnesota’s first hunting season contending with the new antler point restriction requirement in zone 3 last fall. Sommerfield proceeded to articulate to me several experiences he witnessed that were unfortunate occurrences of the new [...]
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Consider this…in Minnesota we are now less than three weeks away from the opener for archery deer. If things continue at the pace they are on for many farmers you could see corn being combined in the fields BEFORE the opening of the archery season. Let me tell you folks, that would be a highly unusual situation no matter how you look at it.
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And this bit of news from The Outdoor Wire: Ted Nugent has been fined $1,750 in a California court for baiting deer for his hunting show “Spirit of the Wild”. Nugent entered a no contest plea t…
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If a big black bear dies in the woods on private property, who gets the carcass? via www.startribune.com Today, the Minnesota Appellate Court found that a landowner who had found a dead bear on his property was entitled to the ownership of the carcass (which died of natural causes). The Minnesota DNR had originally [...]
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Presented by John (Duke) Welter, vice-chair of the National Board of Trustees, Trout Unlimited. 24,000 square mile area in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Characterized by a limestone bedrock that was not part of the last glacier activity (10,000 to 12,000 years ago) Other names are blufflands, coulee regions—depending on the location. Basically same area. Contains [...]
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One highly respected deer hunting authority has his doubts on whether the current practice of Quality Deer Management can be sustained long into the future.
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Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Stuns HSUS You may have missed our New Year’s Eve exposé covering the dismissal of a federal lawsuit pushed by a consortium of animal rights groups that included the deceptive Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The groups alleged that Feld Entertainment (the parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum [...]
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Doug Smith: What's killing Minnesota's moose? Wildlife researchers estimate that there are 5,500 moose in that region of the state. With a 23 percent margin of error, the estimate is not statistically different from last year's estimate of 7,600, but it supports other evidence that the moose population is declining. via www.startribune.com Okay, here's what [...]
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