{"id":185028,"date":"2025-08-29T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185028\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:35:09","slug":"what-to-know-about-minnesotas-bear-and-dove-hunting-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185028\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Know About Minnesota&#8217;s Bear And Dove Hunting Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bear and dove hunting seasons start Monday in Minnesota.\u00a0 Glen Schmitt from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoornews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outdoor News<\/a> joined me on WJON.\u00a0 He says bear hunting could be a bit slower this year as opposed to last year due to an abundance of forest foods.\u00a0 Dry, hot conditions last year led to more bear activity.\u00a0 Schmitt says acorns and berries are prevalent in Minnesota forests.\u00a0 He indicates he has heard numerous reports of baits being hit by bears over the last couple of weeks.\u00a0 Baiting for bears was allowed to start in Minnesota on August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: JT Ray via Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: JT Ray via UnsplashBear Population Growing<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of bears in Minnesota can be found in northern Minnesota but Schmitt says Central Minnesota has a growing population.\u00a0 He says bears are often caught on trail cameras throughout the area.\u00a0 Bears can be hunted in Central Minnesota.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in no quota area.\u00a0 Schmitt says 3 quarters of the bears that are shot are taken in the first 2 weeks of the season.\u00a0 He says 4,600 permits have been sold which Schmitt says in the most sold since 2013.\u00a0 Approximately 3,500 bears were shot in Minnesota last season.\u00a0 Bear hunting season continues through October 12.<\/p>\n<p>Dove Hunting<\/p>\n<p>The dove hunting season opens Monday September 1.\u00a0 Schmitt says dove hunting is huge in the southern part of the country and gaining in popularity here.\u00a0 For those interesting in giving dove hunting a try, Schmitt says do some scouting, look in grain fields and sunflower fields.\u00a0 He says when these fields are harvested is the best chance to dove hunt.\u00a0 Southern Minnesota present the best chance to find dove in the state.\u00a0 Dove hunting season goes until November 29.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Rice Season<\/p>\n<p>Wild ricing is something that has taken place in Minnesota for many years.\u00a0 Schmitt says a core group of people in the state do this.\u00a0 Wild rice season in Minnesota opened on August 15 and will continue until September 30.\u00a0 Harvest hours are from 9am-3pm daily.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to listen to my conversation with Glen Schmitt, click below.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come Visit Monticello, Minnesota in Pictures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bear and dove hunting seasons start Monday in Minnesota.\u00a0 Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7890,16339,74199,2295,86313,159,74200,16340,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-185028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-articles","9":"tag-from-the-wjon-newsroom","10":"tag-morning-newswatch-with-jay-caldwell","11":"tag-newsletter","12":"tag-outdoor-news","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-show-notes","15":"tag-st-cloud-news","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}