So, it appears Minnesota will join the modern deer hunting world by allowing crossbow usage in its general archery season. First blush is “good for them” for realizing we are all in this together and that crossbow hunting is just another way to keep people interested in enjoying outdoors recreation while at the same time […]
With a combined population of more than 4,000 wolves, the numbers in these three states far exceed the quotas that deemed gray wolves as recovered. Today the Sportsmen’s Alliance, together with Michigan Bear Hunters Association, Upper Peninsula Bear Houndsmen Association and Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, filed a pair of petitions under the Endangered Species Act […]
Thousands of deer hunters in two big deer hunting states will be allowed to hunt over corn, apples, carrots, pumpkins and other bait beginning this fall. Michigan was the most recent state to rescind some of its baiting regulations when it announced earlier this summer that hunter in the Upper Peninsula will be allowed to […]
Jesse Schroeder was shed-hunting on his brother’s 32-acre property this spring when he found a whitetail of epic proportions. The “dead head” was that from a magnificent 277+ inch nontypical. It is not known how the wild, free-ranging deer died. The rack is believed to be in line as a new record for the state […]
Several winter storms in the past two weeks might deliver a knockout punch to perhaps 30 percent of the white-tailed deer in this region. The state has seen this before, but thankfully the whitetail is prolific enough to withstand just about anything Mother Nature sends its way. Details of northern Minnesota’s historically high winter severity […]
This winter has been relatively mild across the United States, but if things don’t improve quickly, at least 10 counties in the Upper Great Lakes Region will begin losing white-tailed deer to winter kill. Few states experience the harsh affects of winter like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan when it comes to deer loses via starvation. […]
A Minnesota butcher shop received quite the unexpected visit last month when a deer showed up at its front door. And, no, not on the back of a pickup truck. Owners of the She Said Butcher Shop were shocked when surveillance video showed a whitetail crash through the front door, stumble in front of the […]
It looks like a lot of hard-earned venison might go to waste in hunters’ freezers this year. That’s because the U.S. is experiencing a massive shortage of testing kits used for detecting chronic wasting disease in hunter-harvested deer. The shortage will apparently last well into 2023. The shortage is due to supply-chain issues centered around […]
Today we’re highlighting hunters from Minnesota. Check out some awesome hunt moments!
On Minnesota’s opening day, Cory Klocek was hoping to see and shoot a nice buck, but he definitely wasn’t expecting to shoot an alligator!