Minnesota 2007 Seasons Announced

[Rick]

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.

[iffwalleyes]

Man deer opener the 3rd I know that is the earliest it can be but that is so darn early I think. The good part is I am done hunt and can still make all the weeks of hunt in ND 4 solid weeks of deer hunting it is pretty nice to do that.

[Born2Fish]

Good to know the seasons..I plan on a making a trip back to minne for some deer this coming rifle season. Maybe a earlier start to the season will be a blessing!!

[lcornice]

The Minnesota gun season is easy to figure out. It's set in law as the Saturday closest to Nov. 6th.