Minnesota Shotgun Zone going to Rifle

[mntatonka]

And it was the legislature...not the DNR and certainly not hunting groups...that passed other legislation that allows counties to opt out of the repeal of shotgun only statute where that applied.

I would hold out hope that if your county opts out that will change eventually though....

It was pushed by the DNR and hunting groups. The county opt out was the only way to get it passed because there were a few reps/senators around Rochester and Mankato who didn't want it

 

[NR_Hunter]

No I'm not entirely comparing apples to apples. I'm further north, but still ag country, just different. Should be much better for deer. Google Wrenshall. Still pretty clear, hunting during the rut is tough for growing reasonably mature bucks. That is one thing Iowa has gotten right.

I fished a little bit south of Wrenshall once for steelhead. I need to make it up to that part of the state more often.


Back to thread topic, this really won’t have an effect on me. I’ve never killed a deer with a gun further than 60 yards away in Minnesota. In the open areas of then state, deer in swamps and groves, most areas can be covered with a shotgun because we know where the deer are, swamps and groves.

 

[BrentD]

I fished a little bit south of Wrenshall once for steelhead. I need to make it up to that part of the state more often.


Back to thread topic, this really won’t have an effect on me. I’ve never killed a deer with a gun further than 60 yards away in Minnesota. In the open areas of then state, deer in swamps and groves, most areas can be covered with a shotgun because the only place we know where the deer area, swamps and groves.

The Nemadji River? I've heard there are steelhead in it. But the stuff is almost the color of ketchup. And about as transparent. A local guy told me he caught a huge steelhead in there. Hard to imagine.

As for rifles and shotgun zones, particularly with modern shotguns being what they are.No, one needs a rifle to kill a deer.They just want to shoot a 6.5 Creedless and be cool, like all of those dudes out west.

 

[NR_Hunter]

The Nemadji River? I've heard there are steelhead in it. But the stuff is almost the color of ketchup. And about as transparent. A local guy told me he caught a huge steelhead in there. Hard to imagine.

As for rifles and shotgun zones, particularly with modern shotguns being what they are.No, one needs a rifle to kill a deer.They just want to shoot a 6.5 Creedless and be cool, like all of those dudes out west.

Black Hoof, have heard about the Nemadji tho. Both I believe both have some of the further inland steelhead runs. Not a lot of people but also not a lot of fish. Beautiful part of the world tho.

Actually, I’m pretty sure the Black Hoof mouths somewhere in the Nemadji system

 

[BrentD]

The Blackhoof is about three or four miles from my house. It two runs pretty coffee-with-cream colored. It is a trib of the Nemadji.

 

[BrentD]

The d n r got all excited when I put a driveway over an unnamed creek on my property. In principle, a steelhead could swim up to my place. Or so they tell me. Kind of small water. You can step across it without jumping. But I had to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a gigantic culvert. I seem to have digressed....

 

[Bonasababy]

The Blackhoof is about three or four miles from my house. It two runs pretty coffee-with-cream colored. It is a trib of the Nemadji.

It dumps into the Nemadji in the big WMA just west of 23.

The waters colored due to suspended sediment. Historic logging mucked things up and its hard to repair. Water quality is actually pretty good, at least it was when I worked the area.

Had a short exciting battle with a steelhead in the blackhoof once. Some nice browns used to run up that far too. Not easy to fish.

 

[BrentD]

It dumps into the Nemadji in the big WMA just west of 23.

The waters colored due to suspended sediment. Historic logging mucked things up and its hard to repair. Water quality is actually pretty good, at least it was when I worked the area.

Had a short exciting battle with a steelhead in the blackhoof once. Some nice browns used to run up that far too. Not easy to fish.

Blackpool? Typo or a place I do not know yet.

I am starting to suffer waiting for softwater season. I want to get my boat out and see if it floats and runs. Only Superior is open water.