BRAINERD — The weather should be just about right as hundreds of thousands of deer hunters make their way into the woods Saturday, Nov. 8, for the opening of Minnesota firearms deer hunting season.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced the details for the 2025 deer hunting season, and it’s basically the status quo for hunters in the northwest part of the state. According to ...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz among those expected to take to the woods in this year's deer hunting opener on Saturday. It's a time honored tradition that is an economic boom for the state. "Outdoor ...

Bob Walker, 80, poses with the deer he shot during the 2021 hunting season. If hunters harvest a deer over a year old in a CWD zone, they must submit a testing sample. When it comes to staying ...

Hundreds of people wait in line outside Fleet Farm in Oakdale, Minn., the night before deer hunting firearms season opened in 2024.

In the darkness before sunrise on Saturday morning peering out of my hunting perch, it was hard to believe I’d be able to spot a deer in my path. I had never hunted before. Up until a couple months ...

With thousands of hunters venturing into the woods during Minnesota’s firearm deer hunting season, the state's missing persons investigators are asking for reports of anything unusual they might find.

Deer hunters came to the chronic wasting disease testing stations in Whitewater and Pine Island last weekend with their deer and their stories. Most hunters were veterans, some hunted private land, ...

As of 8:30 a.m. Monday, the harvest was at about 51,000 deer, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Big Game Coordinator Paul Burr. Hunters have up to 48 hours to register their deer, ...