Firearms season opens Saturday

For residents of Swift, Chippewa, and Stevens counties, Saturday’s firearms deer season brings a new opportunity - hunting with a rifle. All three counties agreed to let a new statewide law allowing rifles take effect rather than passing an ordinance to maintain the decades-old shotgun only restriction. Pope County voted to retain the shotgun only designation, so hunters in the area will need to be aware of county boundaries when hunting deer with a rifle. Kandiyohi County is also shotgun-only.

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