Hunting News
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- Fieldsports Britain – Dynamic Ladies smashing itThe Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club is having a great day out shooting simulated game on the South Downs. Plus, with a heavy heart Steve McGuigan controls hares to...
- Swazi overtrousers tested by Paul ChilderleyPaul Childerley is deerstalking in the bogs of Ireland, so soggy legs are pretty much guaranteed – yet he stayed bone dry thanks to his Swazi overtrousers. No...
- Dynamic Ladies shoot simulated gameThe Dynamic Ladies Shooting Club is opening up the sport of shooting to women – and they’re loving it. We join the group as they tackle their first ever sim...
- Shooting hares to control poachersWhen aggressive, destructive poachers get out of hand, drastic action is needed. The poachers are targeting this farm because it has plenty of hares. Sadly the ...
- Gretchen Steele: Why are these spring bloomers flowering again in fall?Over the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed something unexpected in southern Illinois. Our spring flowering plants are blooming again, a sight that has puzzled u...
- Catch more, rebait less: Soft plastics are redefining ice anglingWhile live bait like minnows have been the go-to choices for generations of hard-water walleye anglers, soft plastic baits have grown in popularity just in the ...
- Crystal, Loon lakes offer walleyes aplenty for southern Minnesota anglersLake Crystal and Loon Lake are located on the northwestern edge of Blue Earth County in the far southern part of the state. Combined, these two prairie-type lak...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Backyard and Beyond: Beautiful autumn imagesLuck, skill, and patience: These are the Big 3 in an outdoor photographer’s tool kit. Kip Earney called on all three as he hunkered down in the bulrushes alon...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Traps stolen near Perham within hours after trapper set themMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minneso...
- Steve Carney: A fall turkey, suckers catching walleyes, and some youth season deer successAfter several unsuccessful stalks of various groups of turkeys, I finally caught a break. Fall turkeys are fun for hunters to try to outwit, and once you learn ...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: ‘Vote for public lands’ hunt coming SaturdayMinnesota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, along with other partners of the Minnesotans For Our Great Outdoors coalition, will host hunting activities to highli...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: For waterfowlers, Lake Winnie story a reminder of hallowed placesReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: For waterfowl...
- Minnesota’s youth, antlerless season deer kills both increase, while crossbow take inches upwardParticipants in the youth deer hunting and early antlerless-only seasons in Minnesota – both held Oct. 17-20 this year – saw harvest increases over a year a...
- Shallow streams, weather extremes hinder Minnesota’s North Shore fishAfter a spring and early summer of intense rains and flooding, drought conditions have reduced the flows of some of Lake Superior’s North Shore streams, in so...