Hunting News
Yesterday
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Here’s how NRB, DNR can make deer hunting fun once againReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 3, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Here’s how ...
- Opening of Illinois’ Heidecke Lake to be delayed for boat fishermenThe Illinois DNR announced March 30 it will delay the traditional April 1 opening of Heidecke Lake to boaters this year because of unusually low water levels ca...
- Wood duck becomes official waterfowl species of MichiganMichigan state lawmakers voted on March 25 to make the wood duck the first official duck of Michigan. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the legislation (HB ...
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Getting ready for the ‘inland’ trout opener in New YorkApril 1 is opening day for the inland trout regular season in New York. It still generates excitement within the angling community, although not as much as when...
- WI Daily Update: New opening day for inland trout harvest seasonThe Wisconsin DNR reminds state anglers that there’s a new opening day for the inland trout harvest season. Listen here for details. The post WI Daily Update:...
- Keith McCaffery, former state deer biologist, headed into Wisconsin Conservation Hall of FameKeith McCaffery took his dad’s advice seriously. When they were out fishing, his dad told the lad to look at what he enjoys doing in his spare time, and then ...
- Illinois Deer Classic on the move once againIllinois’ place as a top whitetail state was reestablished – at least for a few days – by an event that appears to have gained a second breath of its own....
- Wisconsin’s Iola Conservation Club hosts first all-girl hunter education classTeaching a hunter education class is nothing new for Scott Bestul, who’s been doing it for 40 years. His latest class, held over five sessions March 10-19 at ...
- MN Daily Update: Comment on Rainy Lake’s fisheries management planThe Minnesota DNR is seeking public input on proposed updates to an important border water’s management plan. Listen here for details. The post MN Daily Updat...
Earlier this month
- Wild turkey hunting’s great debate: How much calling is too much calling?How much to call and how loud to call is a question many turkey hunters face. It’s one of the most hotly-debated topics in the sport. If you want to get a red...
- The human factor afield: Lessons on friendship taken from this past hunting seasonLast season, my hunting group had a hiccup. Wait, let me stop right there. I hate euphemisms. It wasn’t a “hiccup.” It was a conflict. Like many Outdoor N...
- Read the water to catch Ohio’s hybrid stripersHybrid stripers in rivers are not oriented to cover as much as they use the fluid dynamics of flowing water to their advantage. They seek specific flow patterns...
- Fish the ‘pocket’ water: Where overlooked runs hold big trout potentialStream trout anglers are largely creatures of habit. I say largely because there are exceptions to every rule. Still, the stream trout anglers I’ve fished wit...
- Great memories made fishing, railroading on Pennsylvania’s Pine Creek in the 1970sSome of my favorite memories fishing in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York are along Pine Creek and the Genesee River in the 1970s using a now-defunct ...
- Kentucky project aimed at bigger bass makes key findingBigger bass that are more aggressive in chasing an angler’s plastic worm from one end of the lake to the other? Roughly 96.2% of Illinois fishermen responded,...