PRAIRIE SMOKE DUNES SCIENTIFIC, NATURAL AREA OPEN TO DEER HUNTING IN 2008

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

Deer hunters have a new opportunity this fall in Norman County. The Prairie Smoke Dunes State Scientific and Natural Area (SNA), which has only been open to occasional special management hunts in the past, is now open for all regular 2008 deer seasons including early antlerless.

The 1,280-acre SNA, located about five miles south of Fertile, lies within deer permit area 265, an intensive deer area. During the regular seasons, a hunter may bag up to five deer, using any combination of valid licenses or permits, and up to two additional deer during the early anterless season.

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