Calendar

September

4 -- Minnesota State Fair ends

7-- Antlerless permit lottery application deadline

8 -- Dough for Bucks banquet, sponsored by MDHA Brainerd chapter, 6 p.m., Moose Lodge; call 829-9072

15 -- Entry deadline 2001 Pheasant Habitat Stamp Contest

16 -- Small game hunting season opens

16 -- Badger, opossum trapping opener

16 -- Archery deer hunting season opens

16 -- Youth Waterfowl Hunt

21 -- 2001 Pheasant Habitat Stamp Contest judging

23 -- Northern pike tournament, Whitefish (2000 Marlon O. Goble Classic)

23 -- Woodcock hunting season opens

23-24 -- Take a Kid Hunting Weekend

*30 -- Waterfowl hunting season opens

October

1 -- Year 2001 state park vehicle permits go on sale

14 -- Pheasant hunting season opens

15 -- Bear hunting season closes

18-22 -- Fall wild turkey hunt, first season

19-20 -- Camp Ripley Archery Deer Hunt, first season

25-29 -- Fall wild turkey hunt, second season

27 -- Trapping tag application due

28 -- Furbearer opener for mink, muskrat, beaver, otter

28-29 -- Camp Ripley Archery Deer Hunt, second season

November

4 -- Firearms deer hunting season opens

25 -- Muzzleloader deer hunting season opens

December

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

1 -- Spring wild turkey hunting application due for 2001

2 -- Trapping season for fisher, marten, bobcat

*9-18 -- Late Canada goose season

* Tentative dates