With clear skies for the pheasant opener, southwestern Minnesota saw a successful weekend for hunters, while duck and goose ...

Hunters adorned with blaze orange last Saturday hit the public lands surrounding Ortonville in western Minnesota, where the ...

Gov. Tim Walz celebrating the 13th annual Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener in Ortonville and Big Stone County.

Jason Gordon of Caledonia, Minn., is an active upland and waterfowl hunter who favors outings close to home on the ...

The Pheasant hunting opener has been hosted by 10 different communities since the event was started by Governor Mark Dayton ...

Pheasant hunting kicks off in Minnesota this Saturday with a strategic 9 AM start, while waterfowl hunters resume their ...

Walz says he bagged a couple of birds during the opener. The governor said there were a lot of birds and got two roosters ...

Northfield will host the 2026 Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener, Gov. Tim Walz announced. The event, highlighting ...

The pheasant opener is Saturday, and the population is mostly unchanged from a year ago. The mild winter helped bird survival but rain events in spring were tough on chicks.

Before Isaiah Osborne signed up for the military at age 17, before he went into active duty after graduating from New Ulm Cathedral High School, and before he was a crew chief on a Marine rescue ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Cold winters and dry summers can have different impacts on animals in our state. Despite challenging weather patterns, pheasant numbers have taken off in southwestern Minnesota. "That ...

Ranked one of America’s best places to live, I am excited to put the spotlight on Northfield as the host of the 2026 Governor ...