Hunting News
Earlier this year
- Dan Ladd: What’s next for New York hunters in wake of crossbow expansion?As the excitement of deer season looms, especially the opening of archery hunting seasons, the expanded crossbow hunting opportunities are an obvious highlight....
- Peshtigo Flowage’s northern pike, panfish draw anglers to this northeast Wisconsin waterThe Peshtigo Flowage is located in southern Marinette County in the city of Peshtigo. The flowage is mostly riverine, with numerous backwater channels. Anglers ...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calenda...
- Ask a fisheries biologist: Wisconsin’s Namekagon River trout fishery is strongIn July, the Hayward and Brule DNR fish teams, the National Park Service and Wild Rivers Conservancy ran an electrofishing survey on the Namekagon River near Ta...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Too many lines used by shore anglers on the Rock RiverWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the DNR wardens. These reports are from the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs ...
- Nature Smart: Blue-footed boobiesThe common names for many species of birds can sometimes be confusing, contradictory, misleading, or a complete mystery. For example, the common name red-winged...
- Backyard and Beyond: Insects aboundLate summer is the season for insects: So many adults are emerging from chrysalises, cocoons, or larval forms, from the water or ground or underside of a leaf. ...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Make it easier for hunters to donate their antlerless deerReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Make it easi...
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 15 to Sept. 21, 2025♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll finally reach your first treestand hunt of the year. Ten minutes later, you’ll realize it faces directly into the s...
- Town boards still awaiting Wisconsin legislators’ action on statewide wake boat lawsFrom the arrival of summer a few short months ago, silent sport enthusiasts and high-powered motorboat owners have enjoyed Wisconsin lakes. As these activities ...
- Ohio’s Lake Erie fish ‘cutters’ stay busy with day’s haulA necessary evil of catching fish from Lake Erie is that in order to enjoy their culinary benefits they must be processed in some manner. Most species are typic...
- State Roundup: Does Wisconsin put enough emphasis on catching poachers?Outdoor News recently ran a story from a Boone and Crockett Club research project that, at first cut, tells us as few as 4% to 5% of all fish and game poaching ...
- Will Illinois join movement to restrict fishing technology?Moves by national organizations to address the use of technology in competitive fishing have yet to impact Illinois anglers, but DNR and the Illinois High Schoo...
- MN Daily Update: Public can comment on plan to rescind roadless rule in national forestsThe Trump administration recently announced its intention to rescind the nation’s longstanding roadless rule in the nation’s national forests, and there’s...
- WI Daily Update: Public can comment on plan to rescind roadless rule in national forestsThe Trump administration recently announced its intention to rescind the nation’s longstanding roadless rule in the nation’s national forests, and there’s...