October 31, 2016
From DuluthNewsTribune.com
DNR Weekly Report for Week Ending October 31, 2016:
- Conservation Officer (CO) Don Bozovsky (Hibbing) saw that enforcement action was taken on no small game license in possession.
- CO Matt Frericks (Virginia) took complaints about people building permanent deer stands on public land. These stands were GPS’d and the occupants will be visited during the deer season.
- CO Colleen Adam (Ray) worked small game hunters. Enforcement action was taken for hunting in a closed area.
- CO Sean Williams enforced violations including fishing without a license and netting out of season.
- CO Marty Stage (Ely) encountered many violations including nets set the day before the opener.
- CO Mary Manning (Hovland) handled calls about tree stand use in state and national forests, and deer baiting.
- CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) detected numerous fishting violations.
- Enforcement action was taken for no blaze orange.
- CO Randy Patten (Northome) checked anglers and hunters. Enforcement action taken for unregistered bear bait and failure to remove bait signs after season.
- CO Mike Fairbanks (Deer River) investigated baiting complaints.