‘They’re not tame or pets, and anytime you put dogs in close contact with wildlife, conflicts are going to happen’ This is the time of year when Jeff Yost didn’t envy the wildlife officers working in ...

Seeing a lot of deer around lately? Be careful what foods you might be leaving around the yard. State experts believe people should be mindful about the risks of feeding deer because they can attract ...

Think tossing corn in your backyard for the neighborhood deer is harmless? Think again. In over 30 Minnesota counties, this seemingly meaningless act is illegal — and for good reason. To slow the ...

Visitors to local parks are being warned not to feed or pet deer after multiple sightings of people coaxing them over with food and treating them like tame animals. The practice is unsafe, according ...

ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added eight counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spread, after CWD was detected in ...

No, says biologists of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. “We are terribly concerned about feeding as it concentrates deer abnormally,” said Bob Duncan, chief of the DGIF wildlife division.

Some hunt for the thrill of it, or to help with wildlife population control, but some hunters do so to help put food on the ...

Editor's Note: The Howard Village Board unanimously approved the feeding ban May 12. Howard's Deer Control Committee will recommend a feeding ban to reduce the growing deer population in the village, ...

Deer baiting has been banned across the Lower Peninsula since 2019, in response to communicable disease outbreaks spreading ...