Get ready, hunters: Minnesota's bear hunting season is less than two weeks away. Here's what you should know before it starts. The season starts Sept. 1 and ends Oct. 12, according to the Minnesota ...

Minnesota bear hunters had an average year for the 2025 season, with around 2,860 black bears registered by the end of the season on Oct. 12, according to preliminary figures collected by the state ...

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 ...

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 ...