Hunting News
Earlier this month
- Early tally shows buck kill dips 2.6% from 2024 during Wisconsin gun huntEarly returns from the 2025 nine-day gun-deer season show Wisconsin hunters registered 182,084 total deer during the 2025 gun deer season, a number that is down...
- Sandhill crane hunt bill awaits Senate action in WisconsinFolks who support a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin can be encouraged that the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage held ...
- Election Day buck shot with a bow may have shot at New York’s record bookA massive white-tailed buck taken Nov. 4 in Ulster County is rumored to have record book potential in the bow typical category, considering it is eventually sco...
- Ask a fisheries biologist: What’s the deal with fish shrinkage?Size limits are a common tool used in fisheries management, but they create an interesting question for anglers: Can a legal fish shrink after harvest, making i...
- Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on Dec. 5, 2025Fishermen waiting for ‘walkable’ ice to form. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report on Dec. 5, 2025. The post Wisconsin’s statewide fishing repo...
- New York’s fishing and hunting report on Dec. 5, 2025Time of transition if upon hunters and anglers. A look at the New York fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 5, 2025. The post New York’s fishin...
- Pair pleads guilty to scrap theft from New York DECTwo subjects recently pleaded guilty and paid fines to settle charges related to the theft of items from a New York State Department of Environmental Conservati...
- Fewer hunters are chasing diving ducks each fall; Would tweaking limits bring them back?Duck hunting has changed in recent years, and so have perceptions about the sport. Field hunting for ducks has become popular, especially in western Minnesota a...
- Advances in mapping, mobility, and teamwork help today’s ice anglers cover more (hard) waterFull-blown ice season is coming quickly. As I sit down and write this, I expect to see ice-covered lakes across much of the Midwest in the coming weeks, maybe e...
- How to trigger fish bites in the forward-facing sonar eraThese days, most ice anglers are incorporating forward-facing sonar and cameras into their respective programs, and this helps them find fish that aren’t rela...
- Jeffrey Frischkorn: Where have all Ohio’s steelhead gone?Blame the COVID-19 pandemic for claiming another victim – Ohio’s steelhead trout program. Sort of and in the process the outcome has impoverished more than ...
- Clarity provided on hook-setting devices added to Minnesota ice anglers’ arsenal this winterFor Minnesota fishing guides and anglers who use tip-ups while ice fishing, there will be a new tool to potentially include in your arsenal when hitting the ice...
- WI Daily Update: Glassing for whitetails after the pressure of a gun seasonThe regular firearms deer season can put a lot of pressure on the deer herd. Tim Lesmeister explains how one friend of his uses a glassing and then stalking tec...
- Bob Gwizdz: Old habits die hard – especially when it comes to deer hunting seasonAt this time a year ago, I was convinced I was retiring from deer hunting. It just doesn’t flip my switch the way it used to, which I found surprising conside...
- MN Daily Update: Glassing for whitetails after the pressure of a gun seasonThe regular firearms deer season can put a lot of pressure on the deer herd. Tim Lesmeister explains how one friend of his uses a glassing and then stalking tec...