The archery harvest was up 8% compared to 2024, with total archery deer harvest in 2025 reaching nearly 300,000 – a new record for Minnesota. The total number of licensed archers this past year was ...

Since 1942, Minnesota has maintained laws restricting the types of firearms hunters could use in parts of the state. These ...

Hunters harvested 186,203 deer during the 2025 hunting season, which is a statewide 9 percent increase from the 2024 hunting season, according to preliminary figures from the Minnesota Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 180,000 deer were taken by Minnesota hunters during the 2025 hunting season, a 9% increase over last season and 5% ...

Very few Minnesota deer hunters are wolf poachers. But a significant number of wolves are illegally killed during the deer-hunting season. The University of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project on ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports it was hard to locate anyone hunting during the last week of the deer season, and there were multiple comments about the lack of deer. Some lakes have frozen over while ...

Minnesota’s chronic wasting disease cases rose about 26% this hunting season, driven by an endemic southeast hotspot, but ...

CWD is reshaping how you hunt deer in the Midwest, from where you can move carcasses to when you can head back into the woods for special seasons. Heading into next season, the rulebook is changing ...

CWD is reshaping how you hunt deer across the Midwest, from where you can take a shot to what you must do with a carcass before you head home. Heading into next season, the most important changes ...

Here is the weekly report from Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in northwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of northern Minnesota for Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. CO Ben Huener (Roseau) ...

More than 180,000 deer were taken by Minnesota hunters during the 2025 hunting season, a 9% increase over last season and 5% higher than the five-year average, according to the state Department of ...