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PLEASE, PLEASE count the wolves, put an end to the propaganda once and for all

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, In : Gray wolf 
It seems like every month the gray wolf is back in the news and I find myself getting more and more irritated by the conversation.

Why? It's not because I harbor some hatred for the animal. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I believe there is a place for the wolf in our world and like any other animal, I believe it should be treated with respect.

That being said, however, I've also maintained the wolf needs to be managed in Minnesota. The packs can no longer run unchecked. The populat...
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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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Hey extremists - this ain't no Kevin Costner movie but wolves aren't evil either

Posted by Jesse White on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, In : Gray wolf 
    I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm really tired of hearing about the gray wolf from the extreme fringes of two particular groups: Gray wolf lovers and gray wolf haters.
    Enough already: This ain't no Kevin Costner movie but wolves aren't on a mission to eradicate the whitetail population in Minnesota either.
    As most of you reading this blog are aware, the state of Minnesota conducted a legalized wolf hunt this fall after the gray wolf was removed from the U.S. Fish and Wildl...
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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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