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Local resident Phil Peliska bags bear on opening weekend with a bow

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, In : Bear Hunting 
Sept. 6, 2012




GILBERT – Phil Peliska always wanted to try bear hunting but never thought he would have the time to do it right.

But an opportunity to hunt on a friend’s family land changed that and after finally being drawn for a tag this year the 38-year-old Mountain Iron was able to set up shop in rural Gilbert to hunt during the 2012 season.

That hunt proved to be very successful, as Peliska bagged a nearly 300 pound boar (male) on the first day of the season.

And, he did it with a b...


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Lack of natural foods could lead to high harvest up north

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, In : Bear Hunting 
Aug. 31, 2012

TOWER - When northern Minnesota bear hunters hit the woods Saturday for the start of the 2012 season they could be in for plenty of action.

It's been a poor year for food sources like blueberries, raspberries, choke cherries, pin and burr oak and hazel in the Tower area and traditionally when that happens bears are more apt to target hunter bait piles.

That in turn leads to high harvest numbers, said Tom Rusch, Tower Area Wildlife Manager for the Department of Natural...

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Bear Nuisance complaints 'daily' in 2012

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, In : Bear Hunting 
Aug. 31, 2012
TOWER - Hardly a day has gone by this summer at the Department of Natural Resources offices in Tower without someone calling about bears.

"We're getting a nuisance complaint a day," said Tom Rusch, DNR Wlidlife Manger at Tower. "From all over our work area."

Poor natural food production has lead to a lack of the kind of treats bears prefer - berries and nuts - and the animals have been hitting garbage cans, grills and bird feeders across the Iron Range looking for something t...

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