Deer Hunting

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says preliminary reports suggest 2024 was also the second-most successful archery hunt ever in the state.

Plus, Northeastern MN farmers are encouraged to apply for climate resiliency project funding, and the Superior National Forest is seeking members for its Natural Resource Advisory Board.

Aaron Brown is a writer, columnist and teacher who spends each deer hunting season in Minnesota with generations of his family.

The ban, effective in eight Northern Minnesota counties and 24 counties total, is intended to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease.

The Department of Natural Resources will place trail cameras on public and private lands to gather deer density data throughout northeastern Minnesota.

A team of experts is planning for a potential outbreak, focusing on public health surveillance, lab capacity, prion disease diagnostics, surveillance of livestock and wildlife, risk communication, and education and outreach.

The DNR added a new rule to the city hunt requirements in 2023. All deer over a year old must be sampled for the always-fatal disease.

Plus a town hall meeting will unpack the future of the Boys & Girls Clubs in Grand Rapids and Greenway, a billboard attributing 54,000 fawn deaths to Minnesota's wolves is scrutinized, and Sanford Bemidji offers a new remote patient monitoring service to help reduce avoidable admissions.

Ellen Candler, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota, joined the "KAXE Morning Show" to discuss the Offal Wildlife Watching Project. The project is currently recruiting bow hunters to participate.

Minnesota deer hunters can use an online log to report wildlife they see while hunting. Data from the observation logs help the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources estimate population level trends for deer and track wildlife distribution for other species across the state.