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Before 2025
- New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame to induct nine new members on April 28Inductees are carefully selected based on their contributions to preserve our outdoor heritage, enhance opportunity, or support the causes of conservation and o...
- Fishing season kicks off in New York with 1.9 million trout scheduled to be stockedAs April 1 marks the start of New York’s trout fishing season, the New York State DEC reminds anglers that many waters across the state will be bolstered by a...
- New York Letters to the Editor: Crossbow critic missed a big opportunity at sport showReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 5, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: Crossbow criti...
- Dan Ladd: Tough to control out-of-state ammunition sales, despite the efforts of a New York billMy aunt and uncle, who I grew up next door to, were both heavy smokers. About once a month they’d hop in the car and make the 30-minute drive over to Vermont ...
- Northern pike control efforts underway on Tiger Cat Chain in Wisconsin’s Sawyer CountyThe DNR Hayward area fisheries team ran a quick two-day fyke netting survey on the Tiger Cat Chain last May to primarily target muskies, but useful data also wa...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the April 5, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdo...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Illegal feeding of deer in Columbia County by person concerned about shooting of “tame” deerWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the April 5, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & ...
- Rainbow trout and steelhead: One species, but two very different angling experiencesThey may look alike at certain times of the year, but the differences between rainbow trout and steelhead – despite being genetically the same species – cou...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Yes, bowhunters did support air gun bill, but not air bowsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 5, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Yes, bowhunt...
- WI Daily Update: Northern Zone’s river otter trapping season closes earlyThe Wisconsin DNR announced that the state’s Northern Zone’s river otter trapping season is closing early this year. Here’s why. The post WI Daily Update:...
- Mike Schoonveld: Will licensing inland fishing guides in Michigan hurt the sport?I had the chance to sit down to visit with Gary Roach (a.k.a. Mr. Walleye) at an outdoor communicator’s conference last fall. He explained how he got into the...
- Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves one permanent, several seasonal fish refugesThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) adopted rules creating refuges around fish passages and spawning areas where fish are concentrated and vulnerable to...
- Lake Michigan cohos again dominate Illinois charter harvestsNo pink salmon were reported during the 2023 charter boat season on Lake Michigan, ending a buzz that started when two state record “humpbacks” were caught ...
- Cost-share program, Part 4: Local options that are worth exploringSo far within this series, we’ve primarily explored cost-share options available to private landowners through the federal farm bill, administered by the U.S....
- Wisconsin’s Makenna Vanderhoof, 16, proves she is up to challenge of Junior Iditarod raceSoft-spoken junior Makenna Vanderhoof from Shell Lake High School in Wisconsin does not appear to be someone who could withstand the brutal Alaskan wilderness, ...