Hunting News
Earlier this year
- New York guide exams offered online and at Winter RendezvousThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that examinations are scheduled for individuals seeking to become licensed guides...
- New York DEC drafts new policy for improved disabled access on state landsThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is about to take a look at the future use of modern motorized devices in terms of their use by peopl...
- Spring tree and shrub sales open in New YorkThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and several county soil and water districts and conservation groups across the state are already ta...
- New York Mixed Bag: DEC releases draft access and public use plan for Lakeview WMAThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft Access and Public Use Plan for the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area. The post ...
- New York Letters to the Editor: Process for becoming a NYS ECO needs to be more efficientReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: Process for bec...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Couple shoots doe without permission, then asks landowner for help loading it into truckWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Col...
- Ask a Fisheries Biologist: The winter life of fisheries professionalsThe job duties of fisheries professionals tend to fascinate anglers. What is not to like about a job in which a workday can be anything from wrangling 100-pound...
- Nature Smart: Why three toes? Meet the black-backed woodpeckerWinter in the northwoods is a special place and time of year. There is just something exceptional and inviting about the absolute silence, stillness, and wildne...
- Backyard and Beyond: Food theft for young eagleHeading recently for open water on a tributary to the Mississippi River, Scott Thiede carried his blind, chair, camera, and some raw poultry to an ice shelf. Th...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Someone just say no to earlier gun deer season openerReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Someone just ...
- Panfish abundant, but run small, in Wisconsin’s Little Green LakeThe local Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries team ran a comprehensive survey on Little Green Lake in 2024 and found all populations of al...
- As new ice anglers enter the fold, here’s a primer on proper etiquetteThe conservation officer wasn’t pleased. Nor were the ice anglers who happened by that winter afternoon. The site: a Mississippi River backwater near Wabasha ...
- WI Daily Update: Reserve your spot to view the sharptail grouse mating danceThe reservation period to access blinds for up-close viewing of the remarkable mating dance of the sharptail grouse is now open. Here’s what to know. The post...
- ‘Runaway’ muskies regularly returned to Busse Lake in IllinoisEvery year, muskies slip over the dam on Busse Lake’s southeast corner and drift into the narrow flow of Salt Creek. If no one intervened, many would continue...