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Minnesota Shifts Focus from Deer Culling to Hunter Empowerment

1/9/2025

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has halted targeted deer culling in permit areas 646, 647, and 648 as chronic wasting disease has reached alarming endemic levels. Recognizing the ineffectiveness of culling, the DNR is shifting its focus to empowering hunters and landowners to engage in disease prevention and expanding hunting opportunities.

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Story summary

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has halted targeted deer culling in permit areas 646, 647, and 648 as chronic wasting disease has reached alarming endemic levels. Recognizing the ineffectiveness of culling, the DNR is shifting its focus to empowering hunters and landowners to engage in disease prevention and expanding hunting opportunities.