Minnesota 2007 Seasons Announced

[Outdoors Junkie]

The tentative opening dates for the 2007 Minnesota hunting seasons are,
as follows:

SMALL GAME

Sept. 15 - General small game opener, including grouse gray partridge,
rabbits and squirrels

Oct. 13 - Pheasant

Oct. 20 - Prairie chicken opener

April 18 - Spring wild turkey (first season)

Oct. 17-21 - Fall wild turkey (first season)

Oct. 24-28 - Fall wild turkey (second season)

BIG GAME

Sept. 1 - Bear

Sept. 15 - Deer - archery

Nov. 3 - Deer - firearms

Nov. 24 - Deer - muzzleloader

Sept. 29 - Moose - northeast zone

FURBEARERS

Oct. 20 - Fox, raccoon badger, opossum

Oct. 27 (north and south)- Mink, muskrat, beaver, otter

Nov. 24 - Fisher, marten, bobcat

MIGRATORY BIRDS

Sept. 29 (tentative) - Waterfowl

Sept. 1 (tentative) - Early Canada goose

Sept. 1 - Mourning doves

Sept. 22-23 - Take A Kid Hunting Weekend

Sept. 1 - Rails, snipe

Sept. 22 (tentative)- Woodcock

March 1-31; July 15-Oct. 15 - Crow

The waterfowl season opener will not be finalized until the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service publishes proposed migratory bird hunting
frameworks this summer. Additional details on season lengths, quotas and
bag limits will be announced this summer, after the 2007 seasons are
finalized.

[GRIZ]

I would like to know where you found this info. I am really interested to see some of the regs that have changed if they have decided on them yet. Particularily the otter season and zoning.

[Outdoors Junkie]

MN DNR site.

Here is a link:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/releases/index.html?id=1168464343

[GRIZ]

Thanx  OJ

[Realtree]

Thanks for the info O_J.

[holdemtwice]

Thank you very much OJ.