Although the Cook County News-Herald knows that the
majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding 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 all to be safe and to follow
the rules!
CO Darin Fagerman (Grand Marais)
checked anglers. He checked boat and safety equipment. He did office and maintenance work and took a couple of nuisance bear calls.
CO Mary Manning (Hovland)
checked boaters and anglers on inland lakes and at the U.S. Customs Port of Entry on Pigeon River. Manning also handled a driving complaint in Magney Park, checked forestry campsites and answered questions about fall’s moose hunt. Enforcement action was taken for overlimit of fish, no license in possession, and transporting fish without skin patch.
CO Thomas Wahlstrom (Tofte)
spent time checking anglers. Thetrout bite is good while the walleyes are slow to hit. Theofficer handled nuisance beaver complaints and reports of mangy wolves. Enforcement action was taken for over limits and illegally transporting fish.
CO Kurt Nelson (Glenwood)
received a call regarding the remains of six snapping turtles. It appears the only thing taken was the shell.
CO Paul Parthun (Lake George)
encountered a person walking a trail in a state park with a loaded shotgun, and two lost hikers.
CO Mark Fredin (Aurora)
received a call stating every time they let their dogs out in the yard a deer would run out of the woods and chase the dogs around the yard. The owners would go out and yell at the deer but the deer would not stop chasing the dogs. One time they fired shots into the ground and the deer finally walked off. It is believed the deer is a yearling with its first fawn and is overly protective.
CO Troy Ter Meer (Marine Unit)
picked up a fawn from a person who did not think it could be safely released in the area he found it. When the officer arrived the person was sitting on the couch with the fawn, petting it like a dog. Now the fawn has to be transferred across the state to be raised.
CO Aaron Kahre (Minnetonka)
was watching two men fishing from shore along the river for several minutes. As the CO approached the two men, he asked them how the fishing was. One man told Kahre that they had just found two fishing poles and were wondering if they could keep them. Kahre told them that they might as well since they had been using them for the last half hour or so. Kahre asked if they were going to lie about anything else. The two said they would not as they admitted they did not have fishing licenses. The proper paperwork was issued and they were allowed to keep their newly “found” fishing poles.
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