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More trouble in the legislature
Steve Porter and his Hunters for Hunters group might be the worst thing to happen to conservation efforts in Minnesota. He does everything under the guise of being a sheriff and therefore knowing the law better than anyone else. What he fails to mention is that he was sheriff for a year or so... -
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Wisconsin releases preliminary results of Multi-year CWD study
I've seen it with cattle where the scavengers won't eat a cow that died from some sort of fever, so it wouldn't surprise me if they act the same with EHD deer. -
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New MN Bowhunters Association
Which didn't really change the harvest for that DPA. -
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New MN Bowhunters Association
The crossbow bill went through the public hearings in the Environment/Natural resource committees, and was then included in the Omnibus bill and passed through conference committee, which had a ton of meetings, and testimony was allowed in many of them. This wasn't the late session rule change... -
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New MN Bowhunters Association
It's partnered with MDHA, but as it grows can and will have different membership and eventually different directors. I can't say I agree with how they started it and jumping on MDHA's name, but that's a discussion that will definitely come up at MDHA's annual state meeting this weekend... -
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New legislature, and they are back at it--weakening Deer Farm and wetland reg laws
the deer farm ones are SF0553, SF0659, SF0747, among others. -
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New legislature, and they are back at it--weakening Deer Farm and wetland reg laws
They've introduced them, but aren't likely to go anywhere from what I've heard. Wesenberg is a snake, and is in deer farmer Steve Porter's pocket. Porter, who thinks he's above the law and has the cure for CWD on his farm. Had his son start an group solely to slander good sportsmen's... -
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New CWD findings.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a farm not too far from there, in either state, that has an unreported issue. And/or a taxidermist that likes to throw the skulls out for the deer to nibble on, which is what started the hotspot near Winona (combined with the farm having virtually zero fencing). -
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New CWD Positive deer near SD/MN Border
I hunt one of the hotspots, I've had a positive on my farm, and have dozens of positives within a mile or so since 2018. We haven't made a DENT in the population, and we've had essentially unlimited tags (5 deer, plus early antlerless) for 25 years. We begged the DNR for years to give us... -
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New CWD Positive deer near SD/MN Border
they do donate the meat, at least in MN. I was part of that program a few years ago coordinating the distribution of the meat. Every deer they cull gets tested, and they're hanging in a meat locker or refrigerated truck until the results come back. Any positives go to the incinerator at the... -
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November rut?
judging by my cameras, many of the bucks have locked down with does the last few days, after chasing hard the last half of last week. Does have still been moving like crazy though. We'll get them all moving on Saturday morning when we put 15 or so of us in the woods and drive them. -
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MN Deer Farmers fighting laws designed to help control CWD in state
As much as I dislike giving the government more control, this was one area that needed to change. The deer "farmers" have always had one heck of a political lobbying prowess, and it's directly caused the spread of CWD in Minnesota. Nearly every single large outbreak here can be traced directly... -
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Colorado wolves release update
is the rumor I heard true, that the wolves they released in CO were nuisance wolves trapped in a different state?- mntatonka
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Wolves in Nevada???
or any game in northern Minnesota...the state with half the wolves in the lower 48.- mntatonka
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Scientists working to unravel mysteries around rare gray wolf found in Davenport IA
They said there was only one, he was seen all over southern Minnesota as well. We figured out that it was an escaped bear from the circus, the one that has the little hat and rides a motorcycle. That was the only way we figured a bear could move that far as quick as he did.- mntatonka
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