Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
2019 season harvest report now available
The full harvest report from 2019, now available, reveals a total of 187,587 deer were harvested this past season.
During the inaugural statewide youth...
DNR announces 16 parcels for fall 2018 land sale
Sixteen DNR parcels will be sold in three public oral bid auctions in October and November, the DNR has announced. Property information, auction instructions...
DNR stresses urgency in addressing new CWD findings
On May 25 the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH) announced that 12 additional white-tailed deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease as part of...
Out-of-state hunters reminded about carcass import rules
Hunters who harvest a deer, elk or moose out of state cannot bring the entire animal back to Minnesota.
The restriction has been in place since 2016 under...
Deer hunters will have more opportunities this fall
Additional deer hunting opportunities will be available this fall because numbers continue to rebound across the state and now many areas have populations at...
Despite snow, spring turkey season begins
In 1978, Minnesota held its first turkey hunt in modern history, and a lucky 420 hunters drew permits. Since then, interest in pursuing these big game birds...
Research continues through 2021 on deer winter survival
It’s the second year of a study to learn more about habitat use and survival of deer in Minnesota’s northwoods. The research is slated to continue into 2021.
New law adds crossbows for deer and turkey hunters
Crossbows will be newly allowed for Minnesota deer and spring turkey hunters starting this year, following a law change passed in the 2023 legislative...
Test results show no new outbreaks of CWD in wild deer
No chronic wasting disease has been detected more than 11,000 precautionary samples from deer hunters harvested this fall in north-central, central and...
Wild fox positive for highly pathogenic avian flu
A wild fox from Anoka County has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in a wild mammal in...