https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2025/12/11/news/deer-hunter-accused-of-illegally-bagging-moose-in-northeastern-minnesota/136769.html
12/11/2025
A deer hunter admitted he messed up and bagged a moose, whose population is a far cry from what it was in Minnesota two decades ago, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
Dane Landon Nelson, 37, of Duluth, was charged in St. Louis County District Court with illegally taking the moose, a gross misdemeanor, while hunting on Nov. 8, the first day of the firearms deer season, about 20 miles south of Eveleth.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has listed moose as a species of special concern for several years and hasn’t allowed a moose hunting season since 2012. Some Native bands in the region reserve the right to hunt moose.