Hunting News
Before 2025
- Dam Lake in Minnesota’s Aitkin County offers fine fishing for panfish, largemouth bassCurrently, the lake is stocked annually with walleye fingerlings, and if surplus fish are available, they’re stocked as well. The post Dam Lake in Minnesotaâ€...
- Minnesota’s shotgun zone debate for deer hunting continues in committeeThe Legacy Committee met Wednesday, April 26, for the first time, while the Environment, Natural Resources, Climate, and Energy Committee held its inaugural mee...
- Minnesota’s fishing report for May 3, 2023Last weekend’s wind did a number on ice across northern Minnesota. A look at the statewide fishing report for May 3, 2023. The post Minnesota’s fishing repo...
- Behind the scenes in Illinois: Abby Pagel advocates for batsAbby Pagel joined the Illinois Natural History Survey as an acoustic coordinator with the Illinois Bat Conservation Program in October 2022. The post Behind the...
- Rare parasitic plant not seen in over 40 years rediscovered in Wisconsin’s Manitowoc CountyThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced on May 3 that a population of a rare parasitic plant was rediscovered on the dunes overlooking Lake Mich...
- A 3-year hunting or fishing license in Illinois looks imminentHouse Bill 3677 – it is designed to make the license renewal process easier while also continuing to generate revenue for DNR’s conservation efforts – wou...
- Commentary: Even when fishing time shrinks, purchase of a license is a wise investmentI won’t be spending a lot of time fishing this year. My life has changed in that regard. Not necessarily for the better, but it is reality. Despite that fact,...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Let deer managers manage and the deer hunters do the huntingReader-submitted letters to the editor from the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Let deer managers manage ...
- Analysis of 2023 Illinois youth turkey season points to ups and downs in top harvest countiesDuring the recently-completed hunt, which covered two weekends, youth hunters harvested a total of 1,309 birds. That was up slightly from 2022, when 1,258 turke...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR grant to help improve forest preserveA mix of outdoor-related stories from across Illinois published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR grant to h...
- Elktoe mussel effort gets a boost in Illinois’ Nippersink CreekThe McHenry County Conservation Foundation contributed $15,000 to a joint partnership project to propagate and increase the number of juvenile elktoe mussel in ...
- A conservation success story: endangered lake sturgeon spawn near Alton, IllinoisAmerica’s endangered river dinosaurs are making a comeback – specifically in a section of the Mississippi River that separates Illinois from Missouri. Lake ...
- New York Outdoor News editor’s spring gobbler stirs record beard debateNew York Outdoor News Editor Dan Ladd has become a diehard turkey hunter, so much so it ranks a close second to his true passion of hunting big-woods bucks in t...
- World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Illinois one step closer to being put up for saleThe World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta, Ill. moved another step closer to being put up for sale, as an amended version of House Bill 3456 passed th...
- Beyond Illinois: State charges itself with damaging landOutdoor news stories from beyond Illinois published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Beyond Illinois: State charges itself with dam...