North Country calendar

March

1 -- Beginning of 2002 game and fish license year

1-31 -- Crow hunting season (first split)

15 -- Fish houses must be off ice at night, north (see fishing regulations)

15-17 -- Minnesota Deer Classic, State Fair Coliseum, St. Paul

22-30 -- Northwest Sportshow, Minneapolis Convention Center

April

13 -- Trout fishing opener (streams)

17 -- Spring wild turkey hunting opener (first season)

22-28 -- National Wildlife Week

22 -- Earth Day

26 -- Arbor Day

1-31 -- Arbor Month

3 -- Bear hunting license application deadline

4-5 -- Brainerd Archery Club 3-D shoot; 42 targets; $10 fee non-members; 825-2596

11 -- Lake trout fishing opener (summer, statewide, lakes)

Walleye/Northern fishing opener, inland waters

11-12 -- Take a Mom Fishing Weekend

11-18 -- National River Clean-Up Week

18-24 -- National Safe Boating Week

25 -- Bass fishing opener

1 -- Muskie fishing opener

1-9 -- National Fishing and Boating Week

1-30 -- American Rivers Month

2 -- State Parks Open House, statewide

Canoe & Fur Trade Encampment, Crow Wing State Park

7-9 -- Take a Kid Fishing Weekend

14 -- Moose hunting applications due

22 -- Brainerd Archery Club field target & 3-D shoot; 28 field rounds, 30 3-D targets; 825-2596

23 -- Brainerd Archery Club field target & 3-D shoot; 28 hunter round, 30 3-D; 825-2596

15- Oct. 15 -- Crow hunting season (second split)

26 -- Deadline for fall turkey applications

August

TBA -- Black bear hunting opener

2 -- Entry deadline for 2003 Trout and Salmon Stamp Contest

8 -- Year 2003 DNR Trout and Salmon Stamp Design Contest judging

9-11 & 16-18 -- Game Fair, Anoka

10-11 -- Brainerd Archery Club 3-D shoot; 42 targets; 825-7810

16 -- Camp Ripley archery deer hunt application deadline

22-Sept. 2 -- Minnesota State Fair

23 -- Entry deadline for 2003 DNR Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest

September

TBA -- Early Canada goose season opener

Youth waterfowl hunt

Waterfowl season opener

1 -- Snipe and rail hunting opener

5 -- Antlerless permit lottery application deadline

2003 DNR Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest judging

13 -- Entry deadline for 2003 Pheasant Habitat Stamp Contest

14 -- Small game hunting opener

Gray fox, badger, opossum trapping opener

Deer hunting opener, archery

19 -- 2003 Pheasant Habitat Stamp Contest judging

21 -- Woodcock hunting opener

21-22 -- Take a Kid Hunting Weekend

28 -- Moose hunting opener (northeast zone)

October

1 -- 2003 state park vehicle permits go on sale

12 -- Pheasant hunting opener

16 -- Fall wild turkey hunt opener (first season)

17-18 -- Camp Ripley Archery Deer Hunt, first season

23 -- Fall wild turkey hunt opener (second season)

26 -- Furbearer opener for mink, muskrat, beaver, otter (north)

26-27 -- Camp Ripley Archery Deer Hunt, second season

November

2 -- Furbearer opener for mink, muskrat, beaver, otter (south)

9 -- Deer hunting opener, firearms

30 -- Deer hunting opener, muzzleloader

Furbearer opener for fisher, marten, bobcat

December

TBA -- Late Canada goose season

1 -- Lake trout winter opener (Lake Superior only)

6 -- Spring wild turkey hunting application due for 2003