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Hook-setting devices allowed starting with the 2025-26 ice fishing season
Hook configuration and length rule also clarified The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has changed the rule surrounding ice anglers' use of automatic hook-setting devices and has clarified ru...
Nov 17, 2025 MILLE LACS LAKE, UNITED STATES: Ice fishing houses are pictured 03 February 2006 at Mille Lacs Lake, a two-hour drive north of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mille Lacs Lake is one of the most popular destinations for ice fishing in the US. AFP PHOTO/Timo Gans (Photo credit should read TIMO GANS/AFP/Getty Images)
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-- Nov. 17, 2025
Featured Update CO Shane Zavodnik (Virginia) and Conservation Officer Candidate Jake Peterson worked on wrapping up various big-game violation investigations over the week. The COs interviewed a perso...
Nov 17, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer
The Importance Of Safe Deer Hunting
By Doug Leier No deer is worth risking your life or someone else's. Each year, firearm incidents can be prevented by following a few essential safety rules. First and foremost, always treat eve...
Nov 11, 2025 Ashley Peterson NDGF Deer Hunting Photo Credit
Hunters Should Be Aware of Early Ice
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department warns hunters to be wary of ice conditions. In some parts of the state, there are smaller waters that show the appearance of safe ice. Hunters should be cauti...
Nov 10, 2025
Weekly Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Nov 10, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-11-10 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) started the fourth step of field training with COC Jayden Frank. The officers assisted with a search warrant related to an on...
Nov 10, 2025 MN DNR Conservation Officer
North Dakota #NDGF Deer Season 2025
By Doug Leier North Dakota's first 2025 deer season opened on Aug. 29 at noon and runs through Jan. 4, 2026. For many hunters the "real deer season" is the gun/rifle season which runs from Nov....
Nov 04, 2025 NDGF Deer Hunting
Minnesota #DNR deer harvest numbers available online
People who are interested in deer harvest data can find preliminary current and final past harvest information on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' deer reports and statistics webpage (mn...
Nov 03, 2025 This Whitetail Buck was searching for doe along this very colorful tree line at sunrise on this late Autumn morning.
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports Nov 3, 2025
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-11-03 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked grouse hunters, duck hunters, and beaver trappers throughout the week. Preparations have begun for deer season. CO To...
Nov 03, 2025 Caption: DNR Assistant Commission Bob Meier (far left), DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen (second from left) and Col. Rodmen Smith, DNR Enforcement Division director (far right), are pictured here with the 18 new conservation officers who graduated from the CO Academy and now are field training across the state.
Successful hunting season starts with safety
With hundreds of thousands of hunters set to converge on the state's fields and woods for the Saturday, Nov. 8 firearms deer opener, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that ...
Oct 31, 2025
#NDGF Hunters Encouraged to Have Deer Tested for CWD
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2025 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease from select units in the n...
Oct 30, 2025
