Outdoors

November 5, 2004 4:19 PM

More landowners saying "no" to hunters

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says almost a half million hunters will try to get their deer during the hunting season. But more and more, landowners are saying "no" to hunting on their property.

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August 31, 2004 6:00 PM

Hunters eager for new dove season

Minnesota's first mourning dove hunt in nearly 60 years starts Sept. 1. Lawmakers reinstated the hunt in response to years of lobbying by hunters. Many people know the mourning dove by its plaintive call in the early morning or near sunset. But it's also the most popular game bird in the United States, and Minnesota hunters are excited about the chance to shoot doves.

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March 9, 2004 5:00 PM

Minnesota suing North Dakota over hunting laws

Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch and Rep. Collin Peterson are suing the state of North Dakota over hunting restrictions. A North Dakota law passed last year restricts the first week of the waterfowl hunting season to North Dakota residents only. Hatch says the law discriminates against Minnesotans and other nonresidents.

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January 20, 2004 3:47 PM

Hunter ponders what to do with meat from CWD elk

A recent round of testing shows no sign of chronic wasting disease in Minnesota's wild deer herd. But there is an elk in northern Minnesota that's infected with CWD. The butchered meat is sitting in a hunter's freezer. He shot it in Colorado last month. Now, it's up to him whether to eat the meat. Colorado officials say no. Minnesota officials say it's his choice.

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September 17, 2003 2:01 PM

North Dakotans at odds over out-of-state hunters

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven will meet soon to discuss a dispute over hunting. North Dakota is restricting where and when people from out of state can hunt, and raising hunting license fees. That's angered many Minnesota hunters. But the changes are also upsetting a lot of North Dakota business owners.

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September 2, 2003 3:30 PM

Mourning dove hunt begins in Wisconsin

Wisconsin finally opened its mourning dove hunting season Monday, after a two-year legal battle over whether it could begin. The season was first approved by the state Natural Resources Board, but animal protection groups successfully sued to stop the hunt. Hunters in Minnesota have been trying to establish a similar mourning dove season, so far without success. But they say the establishment of the hunt in Wisconsin bodes well for their efforts in Minnesota.

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August 26, 2003 10:20 AM

Mainstreet looks at deer season

What deer hunters can expect in the way of new regulations and what they need to know about chronic wasting disease as Midmorning broadcasts from the Minnesota State Fair.

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January 28, 2003 4:47 PM

Serving the guy who hates to shop

Cabela's outdoor stores have made it big by targeting a consumer traditionally ignored by retailers: the man who hates to shop.

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January 9, 2003 3:35 PM

Pheasants Forever makes a home for wildlife

A lot of Minnesota farmland is being converted back to a more natural look. The state is at the forefront of the movement to preserve and regenerate natural habitat. One of the foremost organizations in the effort, Pheasants Forever, started in Minnesota, and is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

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December 22, 2002 6:00 AM

Christian deer hunters take Scripture to the stand

We're one of the more religious states: Sixty-two percent of Minnesotans claim to be members of an established faith. It's well known that Minnesotans also love their deer-hunting. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone put these two things together.

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