Hunters statewide registered 131,623 during this year’s firearms season, up 9% from last year and 5% higher than the five-year average of 125,624, the DNR said. Members of the Thief River Falls ...

ST. PAUL – Hunters in Minnesota shot more than 170,000 deer during the 2024 hunting season, up 7% statewide from the 2023 hunting season, the Department of Natural Resources reported Wednesday, Jan.

Minnesota's deer harvest remains down for the season compared to the same time a year ago, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The decline is largest in the northeast, where the ...

Dec. 13—ST. PAUL — A buck harvested near Wheaton in western Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Minnesota Department of Natural ...

The number of deer harvested during Minnesota’s opening weekend of gun-deer season was up 6 percent from 2014. That trend also held true locally. “We did see an increase,” said Don Nelson, Minnesota ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting a higher number of deer harvested during the 2024 hunting season. The department estimates a 7% increase from 2023, with more than 170,000 ...