In a move that’s got hunters across Minnesota buzzing, the state’s legislature is set to finalize a significant change to ...

Deer hunters in southern Minnesota can start grabbing their rifles, leaving the shotgun in the gun cabinet, during the next ...

The Minnesota legislature just wrapped up a special session, opening up deer hunting rules and allowing year-round bass ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota State Senator Steve Drazkowski is praising the removal of southern Minnesota's shotgun-only ...

having a smaller danger zone than shotguns,” he says. The DNR says allowing rifles for deer hunting and overturning the shotgun-only rule in southern Minnesota could also thin the excess deer ...

A proposed bill is aiming to allow hunting rifles for deer hunting across Minnesota by getting rid of ‘shotgun-only’ zones in the southern part of the state. Currently, a large portion of ...

Rifles are commonly used by hunters in northern Minnesota and most other states. The shotgun-only zone was created in 1942 to protect what was then a small deer population because shotguns cannot ...