The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has proposed tightening restrictions on the permanent stands for a couple of reasons.

Authorities say a Minnesota hunter with no luck of his own was caught stealing a buck shot by another hunter.

Minnesota will issue 500 more wolf licenses this year and allow hunters and trappers to kill 30 more wolves than last year's target.

The DNR has just released its 2014 catalog of events for the program, which offers a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities for women and their families who want to learn how to hunt, fish or develop other outdoor skills.

The number of wolves killed because they were preying on livestock or pets fell from 295 in 2012 to 127 last year.

Minnesota's wolf season has closed more than a month early.

Minnesota hunters killed around 45 wolves since the opening of its second wolf-hunting season.

Hunting is big business in Minnesota, with nearly 500,000 people expected to head into the woods this year.

Minnesota naturalist and photographer Mark “Sparky'' Stensaas has captured some of the most sought-after species of North American wildlife. But he won't pass up a good shot of a squirrel. Or a chipmunk.