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- From mines to the metro, here are some hard-water opportunities for inland trout in MinnesotaThe winter trout season may not draw the fanfare and hoopla of the spring walleye opener in Minnesota, but try telling that to a devoted cadre of hardcore, hard...
- Dean Bortz: Let’s move Thanksgiving out of Wisconsin’s deer seasonThis is a purely personal and selfish suggestion and one I’m making only because I think I’m growing cynical, ornery, and old – the old part maybe having ...
- WI Daily Update: Big deadline date coming on Dec. 10 for state bear and turkey huntersWisconsin bear and turkey hunters have a big application deadline date coming up tomorrow, Dec. 10. Here’s what it is. The post WI Daily Update: Big deadline ...
- Wisconsin 10-pointer is an antlered doe… or is it?Lancaster high schooler Georgia Vesperman and her dad, Jerry, were surprised when they rolled over the Wisconsin 10-pointer she had dropped at 260 yards during ...
- Commentary: Solar farm over prairie chickens in Wisconsin?In one of the most contested cases in the history of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (WPSC), will the commissioners stand up and save the last remaining...
- Late seasons continue for deer hunters in New YorkNew York’s big game rifle hunting seasons end on Dec. 8 in both the Northern and Southern zones. But there’s still plenty of opportunities for New York muzz...
- John Pollmann: Here are some changes to watch for with South Dakota’s outdoorsAfter 12 years and more than 200 columns, I’m hanging up my hat as a columnist for Outdoor News in Minnesota. It’s been a great run, but it’s simply time ...
- Patrick Durkin: Hunting camp’s legends, memories live onWhen walking around a dead man’s hunting camp, each glance and every step seems to stir up old stories, memories, and unasked questions from decades-long frie...
- Novice hunter’s perseverance pays off during Wisconsin gun seasonIronically, when the buck of a lifetime wandered by his Washburn County deer stand on the second day of the Wisconsin nine-day gun season, Minneapolis, Minn., r...
- Trapping is among the oldest of human skill sets; opportunities abound for newcomersYou descend from a long line of trappers. Virtually all of us have ancestors at some point down the line who snared or trapped animals for food, for clothing, o...
- A ‘crappie day’ during DNR’s fall survey is a good sign for Crab Orchard Lake anglers in southern IllinoisIt was a crappie day, so to speak – but most certainly in the best possible way, at least for southern Illinois anglers who fishing for slabs at C...
- Patrick Durkin: Hot tip from the grave doesn’t mesh with actual hunting trip to Idaho’s PanhandleA death-bed confession of sorts inspired Logan Hyrkas to organize a hunt for mountain deer in Idaho’s Panhandle during the first half of November. The hot tip...
- A downer duck season overall in Minnesota ends with a bangWaterfowling is not supposed to be like bowhunting, where for every successful day there are plenty that have zero action. Unfortunately, Minnesota duck hunters...
- Ron Schara: That .410 as a Christmas gift at age 13 never has been forgottenAs the family gathered around the Christmas tree, the 13-year old boy noticed an elongated gift, crudely wrapped, and wondered. As the family gathered around th...
- Ben Moyer: In the outdoors, a good partner makes the dayMany things make a good day outdoors. One is the right partner, whose likes and skills are fitted to that outing. I’m fortunate to have enjoyed woods and wate...