Hunting News
Before 2025
- What are the impacts of low water on the Mississippi River?Locally, after a bounty of resources were swept into the river during the spring floods, the low water brings a bounty for all the predators in the river, inclu...
- Positive reports for Minnesota’s wild rice crop leading up to Aug. 15 openerThe wild rice harvest season kicks off Aug. 15, and reports suggest good conditions for a strong crop in 2023. With a week to go before the season officially be...
- Michigan Natural Resources Commission eyes fishing regulation changesThe Michigan Natural Resources Commission was presented with a handful of fisheries regulations to consider at its meeting last week in Grand Rapids. Among the ...
- Here’s how to narrow down what you need in a good pair of wadersSometime around midsummer our minds begin to think about fall and the pursuits we’ll partake in. If your interests go beyond deer and upland game hunting, thi...
- Hunter education, archery in schools may be safe in Pennsylvania despite threat to federal fundingA recent move by the Biden administration to block funding for hunter education and archery programs held in schools may not impact the programs in Pennsylvania...
- Iowa’s Big Creek Wildlife Area offers an outdoor getaway near Des MoinesOften overlooked for its similarly named state park or mistaken for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sprawling Saylorville Wildlife Area, Big Creek Wildlife Are...
- Compact tractors are worth every penny for outdoor usersMy life changed for the better about a decade ago. That was the year I made the decision that I was going to do something I should have done 15 years sooner: pu...
- The Purple Paint Law: Unraveling the mysteries behind Illinois’ unique trespassing solutionPicture this: you're out hiking in the picturesque Illinois wilderness, exploring the hidden gems of the great outdoors. As you traverse the unmarked terrain, a...
- Histories Forgotten: Illinois hires first game wardens in the 1880sThroughout the late 1870s, state legislatures around the country were passing laws designed to protect fish and game from annihilation at the hands of market me...
- Episode 448 – Remembering Shawn Perich and Rod Sando, deer season and wild rice season forecasts, plus more Backyard and Beyond with Stan TekielaThe passing of two names in Minnesota conservation, Shawn Perich and Rod Sando, consume a solid chunk of this week’s edition of Outdoor News Radio. Perich was...
- After much debate, Ohio’s grouse season a go in 2023, same as ’22The debate over whether or not to continue to hold a ruffed grouse hunting season is over for now. On Aug. 2, three members of the Ohio Wildlife Council, the ru...
- Increasing bear numbers in both peninsulas reason for optimism heading into Michigan’s 2023 hunting seasonMichigan wildlife managers and experienced hunters aren’t expecting big changes for the 2023 bear hunting season that starts next month, though they believe a...
- Walleyes feeding on walleyes? It happens sometimesCannibalism is a very real deal in the animal world. Grizzly bear boars have no compunction about eating any cubs they might happen to steal away from an overpo...
- Kayakers help catch alligator from Pennsylvania river after long searchWildlife watchers have welcomed a bunch of species to the Kiskiminetas River in Armstrong County, Pa., as it rebounds from industrial pollution. But a 4-foot al...
- Meet new Outdoor News columnist Ryan Rothstein, a deer addict in every senseSince I’ve never been one to beat around the bush, allow me to introduce myself: I’m Ryan Rothstein, and I’m a deer hunter. I was born and raised in centr...