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- WI Daily Update: Shift your angling focus if the panfish bite gets toughIf you are having a hard time catching bluegills and crappies right now, you need to shift your focus. Here’s what one longtime fishing guide has to say on th...
- Minnesota’s Keep It Clean Coalition seeks state agency home; and more dollars sought for wolf, elk depredation fundingAfter working to pass legislation that prohibits leaving trash and human waste on the ice during ice-fishing season in 2023, the grassroots Keep It Clean Coalit...
- Gretchen Steele: Several Illinois bills could affect hunters, gun ownersAs promised in my last column, I’m going to provide a list of some of the more pertinent firearm-related proposed legislation in Illinois. Once again, I urge ...
- How might cold, snowy winter in Ohio impact fish and wildlife? It varies by speciesIt’s been a hard snow shovel of a winter if you’re human. Not so much, however, for fish, wildlife, and even plants. To them, the all-too frequent wintery b...
- Ohio’s statewide fishing report on March 6, 2025Ice comes off, open water fishing coming soon. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report on March 6, 2025. The post Ohio’s statewide fishing report on March ...
- Pennsylvania man dies when ATV crashes through the iceMaryland officials are investigating the death of a Pennsylvania man who fell through the ice on a side-by-side UTV at Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland Satur...
- Pennsylvania Game Commission confiscates castrated buck with antlers removed that was kept as petA Fayette County, Pa., woman has been charged in connection with keeping a wild deer as a pet and resisting its removal from her property. Tammy Shiery, 64, was...
- Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on March 6, 2025Anglers finish the ice fishing season with success. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report from across the state on March 6, 2025. The post Pennsylv...
- Iowa honors archery state tournament winnersIowa’s National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament was held in Des Moines this past weekend, where 2,064 bullseye archers representing 136 Iowa s...
- Steve Carney: Singing the big-perch blues from Minnesota, and a pike nails a transducerThere is no doubt that Minnesota’s perch fishing is below average when compared with that of some other states. Some social media posts of huge perch that I s...
- Wetland conditions poor as ducks approach Minnesota, Dakotas this springAs the spring migration of ducks and geese spreads northward, waterfowl managers across the Upper Midwest say significant precipitation will be needed during th...
- MN Daily Update: Late ice can be great for panfish anglersHere’s why one longtime fishing guide says late ice is such a great time to be on the ice. The post MN Daily Update: Late ice can be great for panfish anglers...
- Illinois bill focuses on ‘special’ deer harvestsA bill filed in the Illinois Senate would allow hunters to help provide fresh meat to food pantries. It would also give hunters more opportunity to provide veni...
- Knowing the right and wrong time to shoot is vital for turkey huntersAs soon as I pulled the trigger on the head-bobbing tom, I knew I had missed – again! Over the years I’ve missed a total of five longbeards. Not bad for mor...
- Commentary: Consider the effects of federal funding cuts on Great Lakes fishery, sea lamprey controlI retired Sept. 30, 2024, after 34-plus years of federal service. In my last position, I led the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Sea Lamprey Technical Assistance...