Minnesota’s deep snow conditions factor in lowest harvest of fishers and martens in years
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The Minnesota DNR recently released its 2022-23 harvest report for trapping seasons. The fisher and marten harvest numbers both were in the low 200s, marking the lowest harvest since the trapping seasons were re-established in 1977 for fishers and 1985 for pine martens.
Bobcat and otter harvests were low as well, which begs the question: Why were the numbers so low this season? Deep snow conditions did not help.
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