Bear

The first 2024 bear harvest numbers are in from the Minnesota DNR and they are impressive. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. The first days of the Bear hunt September 1-3 Schmitt says, more bear were shot in the state that all of last season.

The opening of bear, teal, goose and dove seasons are Sunday in Minnesota. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. It may seem odd that these seasons start on a Sunday but Schmitt explains the earliest these seasons can start based on framework set up by the Fish & Wildlife Service is September 1.

The early teal hunting season ran from September 2-6, early goose started September 2 and goes through September 17th and Bear hunting started September 1st and continues through October 15.

Residents in Sauk Rapids are being warned about a wandering bear in town.

A well-fed bear caught on trail cam is earning all the praise (and a few jokes) online.

Last week, the Dairy Queen in Detroit Lakes, MN received an unexpected guest afterhours hoping for a sweet treat.

I'm an avid reader of the weekly Minnesota DNR officer reports online, and in the last couple of weeks, there seems to be an increase in reports of nuisance bears.

Here's something you don't see every day in St. Cloud, a bear cub was spotted in a neighborhood.

A Litchfield man on his way to work Wednesday morning spotted what he thought was a large dog. It wasn't.

It's said in Tiger King on Netflix that for $2000 and a call to the right person, people could own their own cub. It made me wonder if that true in Minnesota.

The woolly bear caterpillar has 13 segments to its body, which traditional forecasters say correspond to the 13 weeks of winter.

Build-A-Bear wasn't prepared for the huge response to Pay Your Age Sale