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So far, so good for deer this mild winter - the result could be another excellent spring for fawns

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, In : Deer Hunting 

Even after a snowstorm this past weekend that dumped upwards of eight inches to a foot of snow on parts of northern Minnesota, the winter of 2012-2013 has been pretty tame, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials.

That's great news for a deer population still rebounding from one of the toughest winters on record just two years ago.

The DNR measures winter severity by assigning a point for each day the snow depth is 15-inches or more and one point for each day the temper...


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A high tech look at what is happening to Minnesota moose

Posted by Jesse White on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, In : Minnesota moose 
Sometimes it feels like I've been following the plight of northeastern Minnesota moose for as long as wildlife managers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have been, so when I read this week that officials finally got 31 moose fitted with some new high tech GPS collars as part of a ground-breaking new mortality study I got a little excited.

Maybe we will finally get an answer to the question that has been vexing state wildlife officials and moose hunters and enthusiasts ...

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The holy grail of hunting seasons is nearly upon us - the 2012 Minnesota Firearms Deer Season

Posted by Jesse White on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, In : Deer Hunting 


It’s nearly here.

My favorite time of year and probably yours too if you’re reading this - The 2012 Minnesota Firearms Deer season opens at one half-hour before sunrise on Nov. 3 and runs through one half-hour after sunset on Sunday Nov. 18.

(Note: Sunrise on Nov. 3 is 7:54 a.m. but it will be at 6:55 a.m. on the second day of the season, Sunday, Nov. 4, because of daylight savings time).

So what kind of season will 2012 and be? Record setting? Slow as can be?

How about something in ...


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It's been a long time coming but I'm finally going to chase whitetail deer with a bow and arrow

Posted by Jesse White on Monday, September 10, 2012, In : Deer Hunting 
 

  Saturday morning, Sept. 15, (and plenty of mornings after that) I'll be in one of my favorite deer stands hunting big bucks with a bow and a couple of arrows and I'm pretty excited about that.
   I've talked about trying the Minnesota archery deer hunt for years now but never got around to it. One thing or another has always come between me and hunting deer in the most basic of forms.
   But this fall I'm going to go for it. In July, I bought a bow worthy of the challenge and I've spent eve...
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Jesse White A former outdoors writer and reporter for the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia, MN, and the Daily Tribune in Hibbing, MN, Jesse has been in the newspaper business for nearly 20 years. His numerous awards over the past two decades include five first-place awards from the Associated Press; two first-place National Newspaper awards; and a first-place Minnesota Newspaper Association award. He is an avid hunter and angler and enjoys guns and archery.
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