North Country calendar

28-29 -- Brainerd Archery Club 3-D shoot, 42 target round; phone 828-7810 or 828-8007

August

4 -- Northern pike tournament on Whitefish Lake; check in 7:30 a.m.; tournament 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; phone 746-3938 or 828-9736 for more information

7 -- Brainerd chapter of Ruffed Grouse Society annual Sportsman's Banquet, Brainerd Ramada Inn, contact Mark Haglin, 829-4736

10-12 -- Game Fair, Anoka

17 -- Bear baiting begins (approximate; check regulations)

Early goose season application deadline (approximate; check regulations)

Camp Ripley archery deer hunt application deadline

17-19 -- Game Fair, Anoka

West-central goose zone applications available

18 -- Northern pike tournament, Gull Lake; check in 7:30 a.m.; tournament 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; phone 746-3938 or 828-9736 for more information

22 -- Bear season opens

23-Sept. 3 -- Minnesota State Fair

25-26 -- Brainerd Archery Club 3-D shoot, 42 target round; phone 828-7810 or 828-8007

September

1 -- Early Canada goose season opens (zone specific)

Sturgeon season opens

Rail, snipe seasons open

6 -- Antlerless deer permit applications due

15 -- Small game season opens (grouse, squirrel, rabbit)

Archery deer season opens

Youth waterfowl hunting day

Badger, opossum trapping season opens

15-16 -- Take a kid hunting weekend

22 -- Woodcock season opens

22-23 -- Take-A-Kid Hunting weekend

29 -- Moose season opens in northeast zone

Duck, goose seasons open statewide

October

1 -- State park vehicle permits go on sale

13 -- Pheasant season opens

17-21 -- Fall wild turkey hunt, first season

18-19 -- Camp Ripley archery deer hunt, first season

24-28 -- Fall wild turkey hunt, second season

26 -- Trapping tag applications due

27 -- Mink, muskrat, beaver, otter trapping seasons open

27-28 -- Camp Ripley archery deer hunt, second season

Open continuously -- Fox, raccoon

November

3 -- Firearms deer season opens

24 -- Muzzleloader deer season opens

Lake trout winter season opens on Lake Superior

Dark house spearing season opens

December

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

7 -- Spring 2002 turkey applications due

8 -- Late Canada goose season

24 -- Fisher, marten, bobcat trapping seasons open