Hunting News
Earlier this year
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Thanks for a taste of HemingwayReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 25, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Thanks for a...
- Conservationist’s legacy remembered at Minnesota wildlife management area dedicationSupporters gathered in May to dedicate a new state wildlife management area in Minnesota and to pay tribute to a conservation champion who lived by the mo...
- Steve Pollick: Working on, then handing down an old firearm that has long been in the familyEvery hunting and shooting family should have a legacy rifle, an arm treasured not for its market value but for its time in service across generations. My famil...
- Wisconsin DNR announces 2025 spring turkey season resultsThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary totals for the 2025 spring turkey season. Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 50...
- Quail and Upland Game Alliance to host clay shooting competition at Rend Lake in IllinoisThe Quail and Upland Game Alliance will host a sporting clays shooting competition Aug. 2 at the Rend Lake Shooting Complex in Illinois. Youth age 16 and u...
- Carp deterrent design for Minnesota waters of the Mississippi will be decided by June 2026A little over a year after a $12 million carp deterrent project at the Mississippi River’s Lock and Dam 5 near Winona was approved by the Minnesota Legislatur...
- State Roundup: Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin River part of outstanding sturgeon waters for upcoming hook-and-line seasonLake Wisconsin and the Wisconsin River up to the Wisconsin Dells dam was estimated in 2008 to have a population of 1,600 adult fish that are 50 inches or longer...
- Extreme cases of ‘swimmer’s itch’ in parts of Minnesota put mergansers in crosshairsDNR officials were faced with a decision: whether or not to allow the take – killing – of common mergansers on two Minnesota waters where lakeshore resident...
- Dan Ladd: What exactly defines ‘putting the time in’ for a hunter?One of the ongoing themes surrounding the crossbow debate many of us have been following these past two decades (and then some) is in relation to the amount of ...
- St. Patrick’s Day dye job doesn’t appear to bother Chicago River fishEach March, the Chicago River gets its annual St. Patrick’s Day dye job. This tradition attracts tens of thousands of revelers to the riverfront, but in recen...
- Patrick Durkin: Unpacking what Wisconsin grouse, pheasant numbers look like by regionEven the most casual upland bird hunters in Wisconsin figure out where to focus their efforts when reviewing DNR surveys on springtime pheasant and ruffed grous...
- WI Daily Update: Become a volunteer to teach new huntersBecoming a volunteer is a great way to shape the future of hunting in Wisconsin, get hands-on teaching experience and engage with your local community. Listen h...
- Bounty program for invasive carp species expands to 27 statesThe black carp bounty program that has paid Illinois anglers who catch and report the invasive species has expanded to several other states. Now called “Keep,...
- MN Daily Update: Report turkey and pheasant sightings; and a new water infested with zebra musselsInformation on the Minnesota DNR inviting citizens to share pheasant and turkey observations, as well as a new Minnesota lake infested with zebra mussels. Liste...
- Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 22, 2025Diversity is the name of the game in the Lake Ontario Orleans County waters. The post Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 22, 2025 appeared first on O...