Hunting News
Earlier this year
- 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...
- Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Consider water temp when fall fishingMany fishing enthusiasts await the fall bite to begin. Predator fish leave the main basin of the lake to return to the shallows and gorge themselves on baitfish...
- Minnesota’s fishing and hunting report on Oct. 30, 2024Angling taking a backseat as firearms deer hunt nears. A look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 30, 2024. The post Minnesota’s fishing and h...
- What’s the extent of invasive silver carp’s presence in Wisconsin’s lower Chippewa and Black rivers? Officials working to find outIn July, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began receiving ominous reports from anglers who saw fish leaping high in the air at the Dells dam ...
- Volunteers still the backbone of firearms safety courses in MinnesotaIn the era of technology, in-person classes and field day training for firearms safety has become a thing of the past for adults, while field day training for y...
- ‘Silent’ losses of livestock due to wolves needs to be talked about, some in Wisconsin livestock circles sayDead cattle, sheep, and horses that can easily be confirmed as wolf kills by federal agents are the most visible and “accountable” losses suffered by produc...
- Effort under way to map entire bottom of Great LakesJennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anyt...
- Patrick Durkin: Petty politicians still bickering as Wisconsin DNR secretary post remains vacant after a yearThe captain’s chair at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sits empty a year after former DNR Secretary Adam Payne gave 10 days’ notice befo...
- WI Daily Update: Some important fish species spawning right now in the fallWisconsin DNR fisheries biologist Max Wolter recently wrote about fish in the state that spawn in the fall. Here are some interesting facts. The post WI Daily U...
- Report shows hunting, target shooting worth $133 billion nationallyNew York’s hunting community contributed $2 billion in 2022 through hunting related purchases while target shooting-related purchases accounted for another $1...