2003 Minnesota hunting and trapping seasons

From the DNR

Small game hunting
Cottontail rabbit, jackrabbit, snowshoe hare, Sept. 13 - Feb. 29; gray and fox squirrel, Sept. 13 - Feb. 29; ruffed and spruce grouse, Sept. 13 - Dec. 31; sharp-tailed grouse, Sept. 13 - Nov. 30; gray (Hungarian) partridge, Sept. 13 - Dec. 31; Take-a-Kid Hunting Weekend, Sept. 20 - Sept. 21; ring-necked pheasant, Oct. 11 - Dec. 14.

Waterfowl and Migratory bird hunting
Early Canada goose (statewide, except Northwest), Sept. 6 - Sept. 22; early Canada goose (Northwest Zone), Sept. 6 - Sept. 15; waterfowl opener, Sept. 27 or Oct. 4 (to be announced); youth waterfowl hunt, Sept. 20; common snipe (Wilsonís of Jacksnipe), Sept. 1 - Nov. 4; sora and Virginia rails, Sept. 1 - Nov. 4; woodcock, Sept. 20 - Nov. 3; crow, March 1-31 and July 15 - Oct. 15.

Big game hunting
Deer - Archery
Northeast Border Zone (permit areas 116 and 127), Sept. 13 - Nov. 23; remainder of state, Sept. 13 - Dec. 31.
Deer - Firearms
Zone 1 (northeastern Minnesota), Nov. 8 - Nov. 23; Zone 2 (Lake of the Woods to Twin Cities), Nov. 8 - Nov. 16; Zone 3A (southeastern Minnesota), Nov. 8 - Nov. 14; Zone 3B (southeastern Minnesota), Nov. 22 - Nov. 30; Zone 4A (southern and western Minnesota), Nov. 8 - Nov. 9; Zone 4B (southern and western Minnesota), Nov. 15 - Nov. 18; deer - muzzleloader, Nov. 29 - Dec. 14.
Black bear, Sept. 1 - Oct. 12.
Moose (northeast zone), Sept. 27 - Oct. 12; moose (northwest zone), closed.
Elk, closed.

Furbearer hunting/trapping
Raccoon and red fox, continuous; gray fox, badger, opossum, Sept. 13 - March 15; bobcat, Nov. 29 - Jan 4; pine marten and fisher, Nov. 29 - Dec. 14; mink and muskrat (north zone), Oct. 25 - Feb. 29; mink and muskrat (south zone), Nov. 1 - Feb. 29; beaver (north zone), Oct. 25 - May 15; beaver (south zone), Nov. 1 - May 15; otter (north zone), Oct. 25 - Jan. 4; otter (south zone), Nov. 1 - Jan. 4.

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