deer hunting season

Safety tips from a biologist as deer hunting season begins in ND & MN

North Dakota begins its deer hunting season Friday while Minnesota starts its season Saturday.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Game & Fish Biologist Doug Leier says this season is shaping up to be a good one for deer hunters due to good weather conditions. He says the deer population is slowly coming back after dealing with drought across the state in the last few years, but wildfires remain a risk. “You might live…

What to look out for this year as deer season to begins this weekend in ND & MN

NORTH DAKOTA & MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Early November brings a special tradition for thousands of North Dakotans and Minnesotans. Deer hunting season begins Friday in North Dakota and Saturday in Minnesota. “You may not be a deer hunter, but you probably work with somebody, live near somebody, or know somebody that is a deer hunter,” North Dakota Game and Fish…

ND deer hunting license deadline approaches

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department still can't meet the needs of hunters looking to get a license.

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) –It may be too early to think about hunting deer, but for those looking forward to the start of the season time is running out to get a license. The deadline for North Dakota deer hunting applications closes at 11:59 and with a high demand for licences that deadline could come sooner than expected. With just more…

Orange Friday kicks off hunting season

hunters prepare for a successful hunt

Fargo, N.D. — It’s deer hunting season and you know what that means? Orange Friday is here. Fleet Farm is helping hunters prepare for the season with the event. It helps get new or experienced hunters entering the sport out into the wilderness early with fully equipped gear for a successful hunt. “Orange Friday was established back in 2012 by…

Tim Walz Makes Trip To Fergus Falls For Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener

This was Walz's first Deer Hunting Opener Trip As Governor

  FERGUS FALL, Minn — Tim Walz, in his first year as Governor for the deer hunting opener, decided to make the trip out to Fergus Falls to try and get his first deer as Governor. Mark Thoma, who got to be the host for this year’s hunt, says it’s all about tradition. “That really is what the experience that…

Minnesota Researchers to Amass Spleens as Deer Season Begins

DNR researchers are hoping to harvest at least 800 of the organs.

ST. PAUL, Minn.–Minnesota wildlife researchers will be collecting deer spleens this weekend as the state’s main deer hunting season begins. The Department of Natural Resources’ researchers are hoping to harvest at least 800 of the organs from whitetail deer killed by hunters for a study that examines the effects of neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids, which are insecticides heavily used in Minnesota-grown corn…