Outdoornews
December 31, 2020
District 1 – Baudette area
CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked traps, followed up on angling and drug cases, and investigated a complaint about hunting deer over bait.
CO Corey Sura (Baudette) reports spending time patrolling on Upper Red Lake and investigating a TIP report with several area officers. Violations encountered included no fish house/shelter license, fishing without a license, possessing dressed/filleted fish on special-regulation waters, fishing with extra lines, and possession of marijuana.
CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls) conducted angling and trapping checks in the area. Enforcement action for the past week included ATV registration, angling license, and ice shelter license violations.
Department of Natural Resources report for the week of Dec. 28, 2020. Written By: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 1:41 pm, Dec. 28, 2020 ×
District 5 Eveleth area
Conservation Officer Darrin Kittelson (International Falls 1) reports the pine marten- and fisher-trapping season came to a quiet close with fewer trappers observed out in the woods compared with previous years. Injured-animal complaints were also handled throughout the week. People are reminded with the new snowfall to use caution when snowmobiling as accidents have already been reported.
CO Curtis Simonson (International Falls 2) reports anglers are having some success in the area. Simonson would like to remind people to think twice before driving vehicles onto the ice. It is still early in the ice-making season.
Department of Natural Resources report for the week of Dec. 14, 2020. Written By: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 3:02 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 ×
District 5 Eveleth area
Conservation Officer Don Bozovsky (Hibbing) worked anglers and muzzleloader deer hunters, and followed up on a firearms deer season case.
Drug evidence was sent to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension lab from a second-degree possession and sales of a controlled substance case, which originated from a spruce top theft case.
Enforcement action was taken for failure to register deer.
CO Shane Zavodnik (Cook) investigated a number of trespass complaints over the past week. Panfish and walleye fishing remains steady, and quality ice is being formed due to lack snow cover. Zavodnik continues to complete paperwork from this year’s deer-hunting season. He wants to remind snowmobilers to take a look at their registration on their sleds and make sure it’s not expired. The seaso