Bear hunters have until Friday, May 1 to apply for a 2026 bear hunting license through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...

Get ready, hunters: Minnesota's bear hunting season is less than two weeks away. Here's what you should know before it starts. When is Minnesota's bear hunting season? The season starts Sept. 1 and ...

ST. PAUL – Prospective bear hunters in Minnesota have until May 1 to apply for a bear hunting license from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Hunters can submit applications for the 2026 ...

Residents of southern Minnesota may have noticed an uptick in the frequency of black bear sightings. With photos from around ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports bear hunting was short lived with most done after the third day of the season. Wild rice harvest also came to a quick end. CO Sean Cannon (Cook) reports numerous bear ...

The Forest Lake Police Department has seen an increase in calls about bear sightings in the city’s residential areas. Black bears are most common in northern and central Minnesota, but they can live ...

ST. PAUL – With hundreds of thousands of hunters taking to Minnesota’s fields and forests for the 2025 firearms deer season, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that safe hunts are ...