deer hunting

Minnesota's firearms deer hunters haven't been as lucky as last year. Excluding a late season in southeastern Minnesota, which closed Dec. 1, hunters killed about 144,000 deer, down 6 percent from 2012.

A Foley man is going to be okay after he was accidentally shot while deer hunting.

While most people will be having fun over hunting season, Grand Champion Meats in Foley will be preparing for the large amount of work that comes with it.

Hunting is big business in Minnesota, with nearly 500,000 people expected to head into the woods this year. The businesses catering to hunters include Thielen Meats in Little Falls.

The firearms deer hunting season opens Saturday and officials with the DNR are reminding hunters of some safety tips.

St. John's Abbey Arboretum is soon allowing in bow hunters in an effort to control the deer population.

Minnesota hunters killed 7 percent fewer deer this firearms season. The Department of Natural Resources says the drop was expected as the DNR increased the number of lottery areas where hunters had to have a permit to shoot a deer without antlers.

Gov. Mark Dayton and his administration have declared open season on video games. One of the big messages at the 10th annual Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener in Winona on the opening weekend of the firearms deer season was the need to get kids away from their Xboxes and into the outdoors.

This is the weekend that hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans wait for all year long -- the opening of the firearms deer season.

Wildlife managers are predicting good luck for hunters when Minnesota's firearms deer season opens Nov. 3. Lou Cornicelli, wildlife research manager for the Department of Natural Resources, says Minnesota's deer population is up from last year thanks to the mild winter.