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MINNESOTA BEAR APPLICATIONS

Unread postby Bearman13 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:16 am

Will be available April 5th. The DNR is behind because they are still setting kill quotas.

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Unread postby dan » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:24 am

Jim Wallner wrote:Will be available April 5th. The DNR is behind because they are still setting kill quotas.

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Thanks for the reminder Jim.
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Unread postby Bearman13 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:33 am

Guy just called they're out now. He applied today.

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Unread postby Bearman13 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:42 am

Here's link. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation ... ar-app.pdf

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Unread postby bowhunter15 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:58 am

I think I'm going to apply for Area 51 this year. Last year in 22, it was just so tough because of the distance. 5 hour drive makes it so we'd have to leave at noon on Friday to set camp before dark and then get home at like 3am on a Monday morning before work. If I don't draw (which is likely with 0 PP), I'll be waiting at the counter at 10am when the surplus go on sale. And if I don't get one of those, I'll get a non-quota tag and hunt along the St. Croix between Pine City and Danbury, or maybe one of the other non-quota forests.

Does anyone know if applying in a group gives a better chance of drawing? I've heard it does from some and doesn't from others.
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Unread postby BigHunt » Sat Apr 04, 2015 1:47 am

8-) got 1 point already.....hoping to get a kill tag this year and hunting with Dan in the BWCA

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Unread postby Bearman13 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 1:34 pm

As long as everyone has 0 points and you don't add people with no points when you start to gain points

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Unread postby bowhunter15 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:19 pm

BigHunt wrote:8-) got 1 point already.....hoping to get a kill tag this year and hunting with Dan in the BWCA

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Nice! You shouldn't have any problem drawing with a preference point. Last year my buddy and I both drew with zero points, despite the only being 50 tags. I can tell you guys where not to hunt lol!

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Unread postby Bearman13 » Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:52 am

You will get a tag for Bwca. But not 31 with those points.

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Unread postby dan » Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:31 am

Tyler is a littler off.. We are not in BWCA... But, I would rather not post unit number. Jim, I think you know where we are at...
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Unread postby Bearman13 » Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:21 am

31 is a gigantic zone. Duluth up to Ely, borders BWCA across to Portage and the entire shore. The 3 digit unit code can give a lot away.

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Unread postby BigHunt » Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:28 am

dan wrote:Tyler is a littler off...We are not in BWCA... But, I would rather not post unit number. Jim, I think you know where we are at...

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Unread postby Schultzy » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:00 am

bowhunter15 wrote:Does anyone know if applying in a group gives a better chance of drawing? I've heard it does from some and doesn't from others.
It has no bearing group or not. Points are what matters.
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Unread postby Mike Foss » Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:29 am

Decided just to apply for a point again this year. :cry:
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Unread postby bowhunter15 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:42 pm

Mike Foss wrote:Decided just to apply for a point again this year. :cry:


Some of my friends have been really successful getting leftover tags. They generally draw every third year and hunt with leftovers the other two years. But the key is waiting at the license counter the minute they go on sale. Small gas stations are best, because you need to be first in line, which is tougher to do at something like a Gander Mtn. Not sure if you can pick up the leftover online. But the one time my buddy was second in line, the guy in front of him got a tag and he didn't.


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