Hunting News
Before 2025
- Understand suitable habitat for spawning saugerWarmer temperatures jumpstarted the 2024 sauger and walleye migration in Ohio, turning the engine over in early February. The catching got more serious in March...
- Try a size 14 Adams; no better dry fly in Pennsylvania’s early trout seasonCrowded fishing conditions in Pennsylvania are the norm during the first couple of weeks of trout season, especially on stocked waters. These crowded conditions...
- Patrick Durkin: Year-round daylight saving time reduces car/deer crashesWhen the humorist Dave Barry turned 50 in 1998, he compiled a list of things that took him a half-century to learn. One of his insights never fails: “A person...
- Air guns now legal for use in WisconsinWhile some hunting and fishing related legislative bills were still hanging fire as of press time for this issue, March 28, Gov. Tony Evers had gone ahead and s...
- Commentary: Be careful for what you wish when it comes to split woodcock seasons for WisconsinIn-person and online participation in the annual Conservation Congress spring hearing will occur the week of April 8, with the in-person meetings taking place i...
- Have a seat: Lawn chair fishing is just plain funAndrew Hendrickson is a charter boat skipper. He mostly fishes for walleyes, largely in the Michigan’s Saginaw Bay system. But when I met up with him recently...
- Creating another generation of turkey hunters, Part 3: The hunt is on. Enjoy it.So the hunt is about to begin. Dress your young turkey hunter up in warm camouflage clothing. If you don’t want to spring for something that will be outgrown ...
- These streams stand out in southeast Pennsylvania during the early seasonIt’ll soon be time for trout fishing. Good-bye winter, hurray spring! While Pennsylvania now has a unified opener on Saturday, April 6, many of us enjoyed tho...
- Illinois and Army Corps of Engineers at impasse on carp projectTo prevent the movement of invasive carp into the Great Lakes, the states of Illinois and Michigan and the Army Corps of Engineers need to sign an agreement –...
- For Minnesota lakes in springtime, timing is everythingAfter a mild winter, lakes are now waking up. Algae and plant growth, and fish spawning, work off environmental cues, and the cues have been a little “off” ...
- Episode 481 – MN-FISH letter on Mille Lacs, a new book by author Tony Jones, Iowa update, and Bassmaster Classic reportTop topics on this week’s program include news that the MN-Fish Sportfishing Coalition has asked the Minnesota DNR to explain its catch-and-release regulation...
- Better understand turkey habits to tag a gobbler this springHunters eventually learn mature gobblers are tough to tag. If you haven’t already, you will encounter extremely wary birds. Pressured gobblers become shy of h...
- Wisconsin’s Jackson County may see first bull elk season this fallThe Wisconsin DNR will present the Natural Resources Board (NRB) with a plan to open the Central Elk Zone in Jackson County to a hunt this fall when board membe...
- Iowa’s Mark and Denise Nelson win Farmer of the Year Award from Pheasants ForeverPheasants Forever announced on March 28 that Mark and Denise Nelson of Claremont, Iowa, earned the organization’s 2023-2024 Farmer of the Year Award.&nbs...
- Revamped Illinois brood survey providing valuable information on turkeysNearly 55% of wild turkey sightings in the revamped Illinois Brood Survey were observed by non-scientists spending time outdoors last summer who “happened to ...