It's looking like it could be a mixed bag for area deer hunters during the 2026 firearm season. One area county so far is ...

That all changed in 2025 when both houses passed legislation to make it a reality, with the option to use rifles coming in ...

Starting Jan. 1, deer hunters became able to use all legal shotguns and rifles throughout the North Star State wherever deer hunting is allowed. The state left it up to individual counties whether or ...

The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners is sought community input on Thursday, Feb. 12 on whether to allow rifles for deer ...

An estimated 1,200 people made their way to the Willmar Civic Center over the weekend for the annual Willmar Gun Show. One ...

According to Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Western (DFW) District Supervisor Andrew Madden, the unofficial deer harvest for the first week of shotgun deer hunting was encouraging. The tally of the ...

After more than 80 years, the Legislature appears poised to change a rule that restricts the kind of firearms that deer hunters can use in large parts of Minnesota. A bill by Rep. Chris Swedzinski, ...

Shotgun deer hunting season starts on Monday, Dec. 1 and it runs until Saturday, Dec. 14, (excluding Sundays). Two bucks can be harvested and if hunters have valid antlerless deer permits (doe permits ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The shotgun deer hunting season has officially begun in Massachusetts. The first Monday after Thanksgiving begins shotgun deer season. To hunt white-tailed deer in ...