Before I get deep into the crux of today’s blog post, take a look at these three videos taken about 5 1/2 weeks ago on my farm using the new Cuddeback Attack trail cameras. Each video lasts about 30 seconds and in general shows a small buck browsing on some field corn. At this stage during the crop [...]
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Rost followed-up by providing pictures and other documentation to confirm that the bird found was indeed the same Barred Owl that Forest Strnad had banded 24 years earlier.
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The Minnesota DNR held a final teleconference today on their Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance efforts new Pine Island, Minnesota—the location where a single deer tested positive for the disease late last year.
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Quick update as to where things currently stand with the Minnesota DNR’s Chronic Wasting Disease management efforts near Pine Island, Minnesota. In a nutshell, efforts are progressing nicely as the DNR is please with the on-going testing efforts.
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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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Landowners who obtain shooting permits from the DNR will be authorized to take deer in a portion of southeastern Minnesota within roughly 10 miles of where a CWD positive wild deer was found, as part of the agency’s efforts to sample wild deer in the Pine Island area for CWD.
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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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Is this another example of the media just gushing to make hunters look bad? Perhaps it wouldn’t look so obvious if they at least took the time to get the facts accurate in their reporting.
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If the Minnesota DNR would have made the killing of a research bear a wildlife violation, then the perpetrator of such an act would be distinguished from the 99.8% of the other sportsmen who participate in our sport faithfully playing by the rules.
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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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