Deer rifle season is over and with it, the Buck’s Hardware Big Buck Contest. The folks in the lead last week retained their positions— no one brought in bigger bucks, by weight or by antler spread ,so Jesse Whipkey and Ian Johnson took home the prizes. Jesse Whipkey, formerly of Grand Marais, now living in Oscoda, Michigan, is the winner […]

Although the Cook County News- Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are lawabiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News-Herald shares these stories as a reminder to […]

Minnesota’s DNR reports that 147 wolves were killed in the early season for Minnesota’s first-ever managed wolf hunt. A quota of 200 wolves was set for the early season. The 15-day season closed November 18 with 59 wolves taken from the northeast zone, which includes Cook County. The quota was 58 wolves for the northeast zone, and the DNR closed […]

State-licensed hunters registered 46 bulls during the 16-day bull moose season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In the 2012 lottery, 76 once-in-a-lifetime bull moose licenses were issued in 30 zones, down from 105 bull moose licenses in 2011. A total of 3,436 applicants consisting of 1,669 parties of two to four hunters applied for the 76 […]