Hunting News
Before 2025
- Streams of Thought: Remembering first muskie catch from Ontario creates excitement to returnThere are days when 1992 doesn’t seem long ago. That was the year I joined four friends on a journey to a remote island on Lake of the Woods in Ontario, to fi...
- Commentary: What the new ‘Keep It Clean’ legislation means for Minnesota ice anglersAbout 10 years ago, a small group of people from the Lake of the Woods area began an effort in education, promotion, and enforcement in keeping trash and human ...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Enjoyed story about duck camps in MinnesotaReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 9, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Enjoyed story ...
- Amid ‘late-ice’ talk, one topic often absentPore through the pre-fishing opener media reports across the northern half of Minnesota. Observe what anglers were saying in person or on social media. One rele...
- Inaugural event raises $700,000 for South Dakota wildlife habitatThe thermometer might have suggested “summer,” but the fall hunting season was at the forefront of the minds of the 550 guests estimated to be gathered for ...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Bear report at Whitewater State Park turns out to be raccoonField reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers published in the June 9, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Bear...
- Minnesota DNR plans rewrite of copper-nickel mining rules near BWCAWMinnesota regulators have concluded that state rules governing where copper-nickel mines can be built are insufficient to protect the pristine Boundary Waters C...
- WI Daily Update: A growing elk populationWisconsin wildlife officials estimate that the state’s elk population will grow to more than 500 animals by July. The post WI Daily Update: A growing elk popu...
- MN Daily Update: Sturgeon restoration in the Red River BasinMinnesota DNR part of multi-agency effort to restore lake sturgeon to the Red River Basin. The post MN Daily Update: Sturgeon restoration in the Red River Basin...
- Asian carp found jumping at Mississippi River’s Lock and Dam 5 in MinnesotaAsian carp have been seen jumping near Lock and Dam 5 during the past couple of weeks, and the development has generated new concerns about their future in Minn...
- In Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Bay, big bass are waitingBeing raised in Erie County, just one mile south of Lake Erie’s shoreline, I remember with unusual fondness, the June bugs (a winged beetle), that flew around...
- Sea Grant research could inform decisions on migrating songbirdsNew research indicates nocturnal migrating songbirds might rely on archipelagos like North, Middle, and South Bass islands on Lake Erie as a navigation aid or r...
- Outdoor Observations: Animal welfare advocates make voices heard at Michigan Natural Resources Commission meetingAt the May meeting at Lansing Community College seven of the eight people who addressed the commission about the nuisance animal control order (see related stor...
- Michigan eases requirements for handling nuisance wildlifeActing DNR Director Shannon Lott signed an order at the May meeting of the state Natural Resources Commission making it easier for property owners to deal with ...
- Michigan Fishing Report – June 7, 2023A migration of walleye arrived, and anglers were taking full advantage of the mild weather in this area. The post Michigan Fishing Report – June 7, 2023 ...