DULUTH, Minn. – Drawing a bear license in Minnesota used to be a routine thing. A hunter usually could get a license in the state’s bear lottery every year or every other year. Those days are gone – ...
Get ready, hunters: Minnesota's bear hunting season is less than two weeks away. Here's what you should know before it starts. When is Minnesota's bear hunting season? The season starts Sept. 1 and ...
CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports bear hunting was short lived with most done after the third day of the season. Wild rice harvest also came to a quick end. CO Sean Cannon (Cook) reports numerous bear ...
Minnesota bear hunters had an average year for the 2025 season, with around 2,860 black bears registered by the end of the season on Oct. 12, according to preliminary figures collected by the state ...
ST. PAUL – With hundreds of thousands of hunters taking to Minnesota’s fields and forests for the 2025 firearms deer season, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that safe hunts are ...