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Hunters take 147 wolves; late season of Minnesota wolf hunt nears

By Sam Cook, Forum Communications DULUTH — Hunters took 147 wolves during Minnesota’s early wolf season, which ended Sunday. That total was 53 less than the maximum quota of 200...

news / region Mon, Nov 19, 2012 - 11:51pm

Wolf Hunt Northeast Zone to close after quota nearly reached; Northwest remains open

By Sam Cook, Forum Communications DULUTH — Minnesota’s Northeast Wolf Zone will close at the end of shooting hours Thursday because the harvest is close to the zone’s quota, the...

news / region Wed, Nov 14, 2012 - 11:41pm

Prime Time | Marilyn Heltzer: The hunt has begun

I marked the date in ink on the big desktop calendar that I keep on my kitchen counter. Most of the events and times are in pencil: dental and doctor’s...

columns Tue, Nov 13, 2012 - 1:49am

More than 100 wolves killed during hunt

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state says more than 100 wolves have been killed during Minnesota's first managed wolf hunt. The Department of Natural Resources says 109 wolves have...

news / region Mon, Nov 12, 2012 - 8:55am

John Eggers: Lessons from a deer camp on how to get along together

An interesting thing happened to me at the deer cabin last weekend. Before I go out for the hunt each morning, I do what my mother taught me to do:...

columns Fri, Nov 09, 2012 - 4:48pm

Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers

Local folks take voting seriously After months of campaigning, dozens of mail flyers, weeks of front page stories and a barrage of broadcast advertising, people across the nation will go...

opinion / commentary Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 12:32am

Bemidji Community Food Shelf coordinator Jack Judkins inspects the installation of their new split cooler Thursday. The Food Shelf has a couple locker plants to store frozen meat, including donations from deer hunters this weekend. The cooler installation should be complete by the middle of next week. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Food shelves looking for venison donations as hunting opener approaches

BEMIDJI – As the 2012 deer hunting season gears up, area food banks are encouraging hunters to participate in the state’s Hunter Harvested Venison Donation Program. But as the prices...

news / local Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 4:25am

Deer season to open

By Sam Cook, Forum Communications DULUTH — Shayne Schelinder peered thoughtfully into the trigger mechanism of a Browning deer rifle Thursday morning. “Hmmmm,” Schelinder murmured. Minnesota’s firearms deer season opens...

outdoors / hunting Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 3:12am

John Eggers: Hunters: It's time to get out the WD-40

You have heard of the many uses of that magical WD-40 around the workshop and in the home, but have you heard what you can do with it in the...

columns Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 12:28am

Ojibwe bands ban wolf hunting , but only on Indian-controlled lands

By Dan Kraker, MPR News 91.3FM On the Fond du Lac Reservation — Minnesota’s inaugural regulated wolf hunt, set to begin Saturday, is being received with sadness by many Ojibwe...

news / region Wed, Oct 31, 2012 - 11:18pm

Nature is always honest and just

It is important, especially with this upcoming wolf season, that we as a society branch any disconnect between the supporters and the non-supporters of the wolf hunt. A person can...

opinion / letters Wed, Oct 31, 2012 - 10:45pm

Duck hunters rescued after boat capsizes

BEMIDJI – Four duck hunters were rescued after their boat capsized Monday evening on Three Island Lake north of Bemidji. According to a press release from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s...

news / local Tue, Oct 23, 2012 - 11:03pm

Wolf hunters have until Oct. 24 to buy licenses

ST. PAUL - Hunters selected by lottery for the early wolf hunting season must purchase their license by Oct. 24. Any early season licenses not sold by that date will...

news / outdoors Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 11:35pm

Penalties increase for baiting deer

ST. PAUL - Participants in Minnesota’s firearm deer season will be greeted with new penalties for baiting violations when they go afield Nov. 3. “It seems that every year our...

news / outdoors Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 11:34pm

Groups ask MN Supreme Court to block wolf season

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two groups have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to block the state's wolf hunting and trapping season. The Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for...

news Mon, Oct 15, 2012 - 11:14am

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