Hunting News
Earlier this year
- 19 Pennsylvania waterways conservation officers report to regions for dutyThe Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently announced that 19 members of its 26th class of waterways conservation officers have formally graduated from the...
- Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: High Point Lake to be lowered for workThe Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently announced that High Point Lake, Somerset County, will be partially drawn down so that maintenance can be perfor...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: What’s up with Two Lick Lake?Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: What’...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: With Sunday hunting ban lifted, what’s the next big outdoors controversy for Pennsylvania?With the lifting of the ban on Sunday hunting effective Sept. 7 when the new law kicks in – cementing weekend hunting here like every other major hunting stat...
- WI Daily Update: Stable population numbers and habitat conditions for state waterfowlThe Wisconsin DNR announced that data is now available from the annual spring survey of breeding waterfowl. The survey indicated stable population numbers and h...
- Michigan legislation would pave way to create authority to manage forestsLegislation introduced in Lansing would play a key role in preserving 32,000 acres of Keweenaw County forest, while creating a mechanism for local forest manage...
- MN Daily Update: Ruffed grouse counts lower this year, but still reason for optimismThe 2025 statewide population index of Minnesota’s ruffed grouse is lower than last year, according to the results of the Minnesota DNR’s annual spring surv...
- These training tools will help you level up your retriever or pointerEven though it happens every year, the speed in which summer comes and goes always seems to catch us by surprise. We are officially into the back half of this o...
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of July 28 to Aug. 3, 2025♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll spend an entire afternoon looking for the ideal spot to set up a trail cam… and then realize you left it in the gar...
- Things have changed over a century of fishing in IllinoisIn many regards, Illinois fishing regulations were just starting to emerge in 1925 when the Illinois Department of Conservation was formed. Published as the Gam...
- A little effort in the summer pays off later on the traplineEvery year it amazes me when trappers fail to prepare their traps and equipment before season. These same trappers fail to prepare their traplines and gain perm...
- Christine Thomas: Hawk hubbub at the little cabinIt took me a few hours to focus on the ruckus going on in the woodlot east of the little cabin. It was the Fourth of July. The day was hot, so we planned to spe...
- Glenn Sapir: An enjoyable experience and incredible fishing from a party boatI have fished out of a variety of watercraft, ranging from a two-man, front-to-back pontoon “bass boat” and kayaks, canoes and johnboats to high-powered bas...
- Les Winkeler: How did this red-necked grebe find its way to southern Illinois?A red-necked grebe showed up in our Illinois neighborhood recently. Being a bird nerd, I was intrigued. My life list is modest – only about 360 birds, about h...
- Invasive red swamp crayfish found in pond at Michigan’s Wolf Lake State Fish HatcheryThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor muskellunge rearing pond at Wolf Lake ...