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- Illinois deer hunters can expect change to venison packagingA bill that changes rules for packaging meat in Illinois is likely to affect what deer hunters see when they pick up their venison at the meat processor after e...
- Taxidermist program led to Indiana’s first CWD discoveryA wildlife effort shared by the National Deer Association and Indiana DNR helped find the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in an Indiana deer las...
- Bill aimed at giving Illinois state park to Potawatomi band stallsA statehouse measure would have authorized Illinois to give ownership of Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, but the bill didn’t a...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time for DNR, all hunters to help manage our deer herdReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 14, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time for DNR, ...
- Ralph Loos: Instead of a beauty pageant, solicit votes for Illinois DNR projectsIllinois has gone ahead and gotten itself into the beauty pageant business, which is what the “I Love My State Park” campaign really sort of is. According t...
- Go big, or small, on New York’s Canadarago Lake in Otsego CountyAnglers visit Otsego County’s Canadarago Lake for a variety of reasons, both big and small. Literally. The big lake, at nearly 2,000 acres, offers up a smorga...
- New York’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the June 14, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York’s Outdoor ...
- New York Cuffs & Collars: Turkey shot over bait in Steuben CountyNew York cuffs and collars are field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the June 14, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York Cu...
- Low-lift, off-season training sessions will shore up your dog’s issues before hunting seasonThe training never ends. This sentiment is popular in the pro dog-training world, and most bird dog owners would probably agree in principle. After all, it’s ...
- Second youth turkey hunt honoring lost mentor grows in New YorkThe sudden passing of Oneida County, N.Y., outdoorsman Ryan Rector from a work accident in 2022 left the community of Naples devastated. The 27-year-old hunter,...
- WI Daily Update: Volunteer opportunity to host hunters with disabilitiesThe Wisconsin DNR is seeking landowners to host fall gun deer hunting opportunities for hunters with disabilities. The deadline to apply is Monday, July 1. Here...
- Blue-winged olives entice trout to feed all season long on Michigan streamsBig fly, big fish. Right? Well, not always. Sometimes the fish key on the most numerous flies on the water – even if the flies are tiny. And those flies the f...
- Show promoter Michael Hauser wins New York State Outdoor Writers’ Pass It On awardMichael Hauser of Johnstown, N.Y., was named the 2024 Pass It On Award winner by the New York State Outdoor Writers Association at its annual conference in Oswe...
- Commentary: New York Lawmakers running familiar anti-hunting playbookThere must be something in the water in the Hudson River. First it was the Bronx and Queens when U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) asserted with zero ...
- MN Daily Update: Leader of DNR’s Fish and Wildlife Division to retireIn an email to agency staff last week, DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen announced that longtime agency Fish and Wildlife Division Director Dave Olfelt wil...