Deer hunters are invited to attend one of a series of listening sessions jointly hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association.
All listening sessions will be from 7-9 p.m. Meetings are scheduled in:
Brainerd on Wednesday, March 19, at Central Lakes Community College, 501 West College Drive, in the cafeteria;
Cambridge on Thursday, March 20, at Anoka Ramsey Community College, 300 Spirit River Drive South, in rooms G201 and G202;
Bemidji on Monday, March 24, at Bemidji High School, 2900 Division St. W, in the auditorium;
Morris on Tuesday, March 25, at the University of Minnesota’s West Central Research and Outreach Center, 46352 Minnesota Highway 329, in the Ag Country Auditorium;
Nicollet on Thursday, March 27, at the Nicollet Conservation Club, 46045 471st Lane; and
Virginia on Tuesday, April 1, at the Mesabi Range College, 1001 Chestnut St. West, in the auditorium.
Online comments also will be accepted on this web page beginning Wednesday, March 19.
For those unable to attend one of these meetings, I sure hope you post comments on the page (hope its okay to post the link here)
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/mgmt.html?tab=3#detailTabs
Make your voices/thoughts/whatever heard, either in person or online. Please ask everybody in your hunting party and/or anyone you know who hunts to do the same