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- Wildlife councils spread positive message on hunting, fishing, but does it work?Michigan and Colorado recognize that the future of hunting and fishing depend on the goodwill of Americans who don’t hunt or fish (and are unlikely to start)....
- Three whitetail food sources bowhunters should scout now in preparation for the September openerThe world of whitetail-hunting advice is dominated by tactics and strategies built around the rut. And why wouldn’t they be? That sweet window that extends fr...
- Dove hunting season a symbolic opener in IllinoisDove hunters in Illinois are shooting half as many birds as they did a decade ago. Does that mean there were more doves flying in 2014? Or were hunters better s...
- Wisconsin’s Chippewa tribes spear 38,832 total walleyes during 2024 seasonTribal spearers from Wisconsin’s six Chippewa tribes across the ceded territory reported a near-record 38,832 walleyes during an extended spring spearing seas...
- Michigan Readers Stories: Young city boy shoots big, farm country buck on first huntTo say that things got exciting last fall when my son and I took my 11-year-old grandson, Colten, on his first ever deer hunt is an understatement! Colten was b...
- Keep your broadheads sharp this seasonAt the start of archery season every fall, most deer hunters (myself included) are crazy with hubris. We take to the deer woods with an almost tangible feeling ...
- Ben Moyer: Pennsylvania must find a solution to simmering tension between wildlife and agricultureLegislation now under consideration in the Pennsylvania Senate rivets overdue notice toward the simmering tension, nationwide, between wildlife management and a...
- Western Upper Peninsula group working to ‘rehab’ deer yardsAn important ingredient to the often tenuous existence of the white-tailed deer in the northern part of its range is what is known as a “deer yard,” often a...
- Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – August 16, 2024Nice, big kings are being caught on the Great Lakes. Variety the name of the game on inland lakes. The post Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – August 16, ...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Aug. 16, 2024Summer blues: variety of species remain in deep water. A look at the Illinois fishing report on Aug. 16, 2024. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing report on ...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo set for Aug. 24 in OshkoshThe fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo will run Saturday, Aug. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh with a long list of activit...
- Fond du Lac County sheriff’s department, Wisconsin DNR working large deer poaching caseThe Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens are asking for help in an investigation of a deer poach...
- Illinois DNR to double number of bobcat permits for upcoming seasonTrappers and hunters hoping to secure a bobcat permit for the upcoming season in Illinois have had their chances doubled. Following the release of a much-antici...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 1933A hunting outfitter reports on the upcoming Minnesota bear season. Peek inside the full service archery shop and range at Pappas Trading Post. Explore kayaking,...
- Volunteers from Wisconsin’s halted co-op trout rearing program have voices heard in meeting with DNR staffThey came to an open forum looking for answers as to why what seemed like a perfect marriage of a government program and the private sector – the long-running...