One week ago, the sun rose on my hunting season. If the next few months follow suit, it’ll be magical. That first morning we trudged due east in northern Clay County through chest-high thistles and ...

ST. PAUL – Friday, Aug. 18, is the deadline to apply for Minnesota’s special youth deer hunts and the northwest Minnesota prairie chicken season, the Department of Natural Resources said in a reminder ...

ST. PAUL – Hunters can apply through Friday, Aug. 15, to be chosen for one of 125 permits for the 2025 Minnesota prairie chicken hunting season, the Department of Natural Resources said in a news ...

Jul. 21—ST. PAUL — Hunters can apply through Friday, Aug. 19, to be chosen for one of 125 permits available for this year's Minnesota prairie chicken hunting season. The nine-day prairie chicken ...

Minnesota's prairie chicken population now stands at about 3,000 breeding birds in the spring and 6,000 birds in the fall. Historically, the prairie chickens were numerous in Minnesota. Records show ...

GLYNDON, Minn. -- The show begins while sunrise is still just a reddish-orange rumor in the eastern sky. You hear it before you can see much of anything. Rapid wing beats ("Is that one over there? I ...