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Black Bear Attacks Minnesota Wildlife Researcher
A Minnesota wildlife researcher is in fair condition after a rare attack by a black bear.
Miles Becker, 24, was tracking woodcocks fitted with radio transmitters when the bear attacked him last Sunday in the Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area 10 miles north of Milaca in central Minnesota.
Becker was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of broken facial bones, puncture wounds to his head and left leg, lacerations and a broken leg.
Wildlife officials set a trap for the bear, one of an estimated 30,000 in the state. Dick Tuszynski, manager of the Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area, speculated Becker might have been wearing earphones to listen to the birds? transmitters and not have heard potential bear warning signs such as growls.
The only other black bear attack recorded in Minnesota happened in 1987, when a bear attacked campers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of extreme northern Minnesota, says Dave Garshelis, a bear biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
In other Minnesota news, the state recently announced new rules that will restrict the use of motorized duck decoys on public waters from the opening day of Minnesota?s waterfowl season (September 28) through October 5.
The DNR?s regulation book says ?motorized decoys with visible, moving parts that are above the surface of the water may not be used on public waters to take migratory waterfowl, except geese? during the September 28-October 5 period.
The regulations also state the following:
The motorized decoys are subject to the restriction whether they?re turned on or not.
The law is aimed to prohibit motorized, spinning-wing decoys during that time period. Decoys that are legal are swimming decoys.
So-called ?shaker? decoys that vibrate in the water and decoys that tip up and down in the water are legal. Kite decoys, such as those used on a pole, are also legal.
Wind-powered, spinning-wing decoys without motors are legal during the restrictive period, as are spinning-wing decoys turned with a hand-cranked cable.
There?s no restriction on the use of motorized decoys for goose hunting.
Motorized decoys can be used on land during the restrictive period.
For more information, visit the Minnesota DNR?s Web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us.
A Minnesota wildlife researcher is in fair condition after a rare attack by a black bear.
Miles Becker, 24, was tracking woodcocks fitted with radio transmitters when the bear attacked him last Sunday in the Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area 10 miles north of Milaca in central Minnesota.
Becker was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of broken facial bones, puncture wounds to his head and left leg, lacerations and a broken leg.
Wildlife officials set a trap for the bear, one of an estimated 30,000 in the state. Dick Tuszynski, manager of the Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area, speculated Becker might have been wearing earphones to listen to the birds? transmitters and not have heard potential bear warning signs such as growls.
The only other black bear attack recorded in Minnesota happened in 1987, when a bear attacked campers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of extreme northern Minnesota, says Dave Garshelis, a bear biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
In other Minnesota news, the state recently announced new rules that will restrict the use of motorized duck decoys on public waters from the opening day of Minnesota?s waterfowl season (September 28) through October 5.
The DNR?s regulation book says ?motorized decoys with visible, moving parts that are above the surface of the water may not be used on public waters to take migratory waterfowl, except geese? during the September 28-October 5 period.
The regulations also state the following:
The motorized decoys are subject to the restriction whether they?re turned on or not.
The law is aimed to prohibit motorized, spinning-wing decoys during that time period. Decoys that are legal are swimming decoys.
So-called ?shaker? decoys that vibrate in the water and decoys that tip up and down in the water are legal. Kite decoys, such as those used on a pole, are also legal.
Wind-powered, spinning-wing decoys without motors are legal during the restrictive period, as are spinning-wing decoys turned with a hand-cranked cable.
There?s no restriction on the use of motorized decoys for goose hunting.
Motorized decoys can be used on land during the restrictive period.
For more information, visit the Minnesota DNR?s Web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us.
