Hunting News
Last year
- Outdoor truisms … such as they are, Part IIThe last time we got together here, I wrote about “truisms” that relate to our outdoor pursuits. Not those day-to-day truisms, like, “If you get lost, com...
- Winter’s best-kept secret: Downsizing lures for lethargic walleyesFirst, the use of a flasher or live sonar is a necessity. You need to find out how the fish are reacting to your lure, and a flasher or live sonar allows you to...
- Giant Canada, snow goose populations ‘robust,’ white-fronted geese in decline in IllinoisWhite-fronted geese midcontinent population estimates declined 59% from 2023 to 2024, short almost 2 million geese from the 2023 estimate of 3.2 million. Althou...
- A buck with Dad’s deer rifleI guess you could say my father was a “casual” deer hunter. As much as he liked hunting, he didn’t have time to take it too seriously. With seven mouths t...
- Eisele earns ‘bluebird’ communicator awardGraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Prof. Joe Hickey, and Dr. Fred Hamerstrom and Dr. Fran Hamerstrom, plus working at the Wisconsin DN...
- Crossbow’s effect on bowhunting loses steam in WisconsinThe 2023 bowhunting kill also was the first time since 2018 that it finished below 90,000, a 20% decline from 2020. Even though crossbows delivered 60% of the b...
- New York launch no longer allows trailered boatsA New York State-owned boat launch off State Route 74 has been used by motor boats and paddlers for more than 50 years. The post New York launch no longer allow...
- New York Outdoor News 2024 Rut Tracker Breeding TimeOak Duke expects bucks re-visiting old hotspots such as scrapes made in October as the rut intensifies around mid-November. Photo by Oak Duke. The post New York...
- MN Daily Update: Poachers and the black market for eagle feathersDid you know there is a major black market in the country for eagle feathers? Listen here for the details. The post MN Daily Update: Poachers and the black mark...
- WI Daily Update: Poachers and the black market for eagle feathersDid you know there is a major black market in the country for eagle feathers? Listen here for the details. The post WI Daily Update: Poachers and the black mark...
- The first buck: getting over the humpI hate deer hunting.” It’s the lie that I tell myself during a tough hunting season. A lie I told myself all last season: A season full of unpunched tags, a...
- DU helps preserve 126 acres in New York’s Batten Kill watershedDue to the fact land acquisitions can be challenging in Vermont, Ducks Unlimited is heralding the efforts of volunteers who helped secure 126 acres along the sh...
- National Archery in the Schools Program surveys archery studentsThe survey was the second such effort by the world’s largest youth archery organization, which has now introduced 23.5 million students to the sport of archer...
- Forest Rangers tackling wildfires across New YorkReports from New York State Forest Rangers include numerous responses to wildfires. A late-October report said conditions continued to result in a “high” fi...
- New York Outdoor News Cuffs & CollarsIn September, ECOs in Orange and Sullivan counties responded to reports of a potential illegal deer take in the town of Rockland. Officers arrived at the locati...