Barring a sudden and significant influx of precipitation, dry conditions will challenge duck hunters — at least those who hunt over water — in far northwest Minnesota, when the state’s regular ...

Minnesota duck hunters enjoyed above-average success during the season's opening weekend, according to random bag checks conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. "My assessment is that we had ...

Waterfowl are and have been, at least among those who hunt them, been categorized into either the dabbling duck clan or the diving ducks based for the most part on how they feed. Dabbling ducks obtain ...

The Rev. Paul Larson, an ardent duck hunter from Deer River, remembers the good old days of bluebill hunting. "It's nothing like it used to be," Larson said this past week with Minnesota's duck season ...

Here is the weekly report from Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in northwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of northern Minnesota for Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. CO Ben Huener (Roseau) ...

Ducks are scarce and waterfowl-hunting license sales have plummeted. Worse, there appears to be no cohesive strategy to return Minnesota to its once lofty status as a major duck producer. Yet the DNR ...

Sep. 20—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds waterfowl hunters that electronically issued federal stamps are valid for the entire season. Each stamp purchase includes a ...

The inclination today is to dress up this column in reader-friendly terms and headline it, "Five takeaways from this weekend's continuing teal hunt 'experiment.' " But that would trivialize the ...

OSAKIS TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two adults and two kids were rescued after their duck hunting boat capsized on Bird Lake in central Minnesota. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the boat capsized a ...