Hunting News
Earlier this year
- MN Daily Update: Maggots for walleyes?Tim Lesmeister and freshwater fishing hall of famer Dave Genz came upon a surprise school of walleyes while fishing crappies. Here’s what Genz did to catch th...
- Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania Game Commission committee a good idea, but timing is offThe recently formed Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners’ Wildlife Management Committee makes sense, but the timing could be better. As for the committee ...
- Get the jump on cunning coyotes this winterOnce the deer seasons are over, I used to only focus my attention on hunting rabbits and ice fishing. That was until I tried hunting coyotes. Now, even though t...
- Episode 523 – Minnesota DNR Roundtable roundup, MN deer plan, ice update, live sonar talkRob Drieslein and Tim Spielman recap the highlights from the 2025 DNR Roundtable event held last Friday. Top topics include agency funding and new DNR Wildlife ...
- Pheasant farm, gun ranges, crossbows garner some early attention as New York Legislature convenes in AlbanyThe New York State Legislature convened for the first time this year on Jan. 8, beginning a session that will continue through June 12. In the ensuing months, n...
- New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Jan. 16, 2025Ice fishing finally coming to fruition? Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report from across the state on Jan. 16, 2025. The post New York’s...
- Outdoor Insights: Important notes from Minnesota’s 2025 DNR RoundtableThe Minnesota DNR held its annual roundtable meetings event last Friday, Jan. 10, in Bloomington. It saw 400-plus attendees, and the agenda improved from recent...
- Government tries to price rural people out of shooting sportsThe government’s decision to increase firearms licensing fees by more than double poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficienc...
- WI Daily Update: Catch bigger crappiesFreshwater fishing hall of famer Dave Genz says if you want big crappies there’s things you have to do to catch them. Here’s what it is. The post WI Daily U...
- Jeff Frischkorn: More study needed on straight-walled cartridges’ impact on deer harvest in OhioThere’s an adage in outdoor journalism that says never to argue with a biologist – even when you are correct. I reminded myself of this axiom since the figu...
- Minnesota DNR Roundtable includes discussion about elk and northeastern reintroductionWith the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa’s reintroduction of elk to northeastern Minnesota a year away, the DNR is continuing to monitor the health of the northw...
- Bob Gwizdz: Michigan’s upland bird season was frustrating yet enjoyableAnyone who has read these missives from my little corner of the world has probably picked up on my proclivity for participating on the last day of the season. F...
- MN Daily Update: Catch bigger crappiesFreshwater fishing hall of famer Dave Genz says if you want big crappies there’s things you have to do to catch them. Here’s what it is. The post MN Daily U...
- Ben Moyer: A treasured (but illegal?) text alerting me to a buck’s locationHopefully, in our age of instantaneous communication, all hunters understand it’s illegal to use a cellphone or electronic device as an aid in the taking of g...
- Wild deer tests positive for CWD in Michigan’s Mecosta County for the first timeMecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of N...