Hunting News
Earlier this year
- Minnesota DNR: Action plans outline habitat strategies for ducks, pheasantsDNR area wildlife managers across Minnesota soon will begin planning and implementing updated strategic conservation efforts designed to foster stewardship of d...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Cloud Sportsmen’s Show begins FridayThe 37th annual St. Cloud Sportsmen’s Show begins Friday and continues through Sunday at the St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center. This is central Minne...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Crossbows are not meant for archery seasonReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Crossbows are...
- New fishing regulations about to take effect in MinnesotaEven though there are potentially six more weeks of winter as foretold by a groundhog, the Minnesota DNR is eying the open-water fishing season by updating some...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Great time to target the lesser-chased speciesAfter two rough ice seasons, we’re finally experiencing a “normal” winter in the Midwest. The ice is in great shape, and we’re not dealing with an overa...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 5, 2025Crappies seem to be biting most consistently in many areas. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on Feb. 5, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statewide fi...
- Trout Unlimited joins pollutant lawsuit against Minnesota agenciesMinnesota Trout Unlimited has joined a lawsuit by other state environmental groups to speed up efforts to address nitrate contamination in waters in southeaster...
- New York trappers ready for fur auctionsThe fur market of 2024-25 will have ups and downs for pricing and for which species is in demand. This season, there are several species in demand and several a...
- MN Daily Update: Land Tawney returns to lead a new organization devoted to protecting public landsConservationist Land Tawney, the former CEO and president of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, is back with a new outdoors group. Listen here for more informatio...
- Dean Bortz: Should stands, blinds be left overnight on Wisconsin public land? Plenty of mixed opinionsIn January 2017, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a rule change that has since allowed hunters to place stands and ground blinds overnight on stat...
- Commentary: A cold winter in southern Illinois leads to wild thoughtsOne of the side effects of retirement is a person has more time to think. In my case, I’m not sure that’s productive. During the polar vortex that gripped M...
- WI Daily Update: Land Tawney returns to lead a new organization devoted to protecting public landsConservationist Land Tawney, the former CEO and president of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, is back with a new outdoors group. Listen here for more informatio...
- Senators seek rollback of rules for Minnesota deer farmsThe Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee approved two bills that would undo deer farm-related statutes passed in recent year...
- Anglers reminded of shelter removal deadline, season closure on Iowa Great LakesThe walleye fishing season on Spirit, East and West Okoboji lakes is open through Feb. 14. It will close after that date and reopens on May 3. These are the onl...
- Walleyes favored at Fox Chain’s Pistakee Lake in IllinoisDNR’s reports on the Chain do not typically specify individual lakes, but Pistakee’s varied depths and populations of walleyes, white bass, and channel catf...