More than 180,000 deer were taken by Minnesota hunters during the 2025 hunting season, a 9% increase over last season.

MINNESOTA — Hunters harvested 186,203 deer during the 2025 hunting season, which is a statewide 9% increase from the 2024 ...

In the crisp woods and open fields of Minnesota, the 2025 deer season turned out to be one for the books. Hunters across the ...

The DNR collected nearly 14,000 samples for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing, with 117 positive detections statewide.

It was a wintry weekend when Erik Hildebrand scouted for deer in one of Minnesota’s hunting zones. He was there for a late-season deer hunt, scheduled for Dec. 19-21, which was to help control the ...

A recovery team has recommended closing the deer hunting season in some northern Minnesota counties to ensure sufficient food ...

We can’t have deer managers encouraging hunters to take more antlerless deer and then have a rule on the books that hinders ...

Nov. 8—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 ...

Favorable weather and a large deer population helped Minnesota hunters bag 9% more whitetails last season than they did in 2024, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The agency’s state ...

With Minnesota repealing "shotgun-only" zones statewide, Mower County is weighing whether it will follow suit.

New numbers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources show hunters bagged more deer in 2025 than last year. Hunters reportedly harvested 186,203 deer in 2025, a 9% increase from the 2024 ...

One of the two archery hunters who participated in the recent first-ever accessible deer hunt on the East Grand Forks side of the Greenway succeeded in filling their tag, a hunt organizer says.