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VIDEO: How hunters can help monitor Minnesota deer and turkey populations

Aug 22, 2022 09:55AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Matthew Maaskant

From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - August 2022

DNR researchers are tasked with monitoring the populations of many game species to help wildlife management efforts, including efforts to set hunting seasons and regulations. But they can’t always collect the data themselves. In this webinar, you’ll learn about two citizen-science based surveys where hunters are integral to contributing the data needed to help monitor deer and turkey populations through time.


To read this original story and more news, follow this link to the DNR YouTube website.

Hunters as citizen scientists

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