Minnesota Hunters Register 68,401 Deer During First Weekend

The stats from the first weekend of the Minnesota deer hunting opener are in, and hopefully this reduces the chances of you hitting a deer with your car.

The Minnesota DNR has announced that firearms hunters registered 68,401 deer during the first three days of firearms deer season.

Final numbers from the first three days show that the number of deer registered rose 6.3 percent from 2014. Buck harvest during the first three days of the fireams season was up 8.5 percent from last year.

The DNR is projecting the 2015 total deer harvest to be between 140,000 to 155,000 deer. The 2014 total harvest after last year’s conservative season was just over 139,000.