Hunting News
Earlier this year
- Mike Raykovicz: A ‘modest’ proposal for a doe seasonWhen Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” in 1729, it was widely regarded as an inflammatory essay. In his essay, Swift suggested that the children of t...
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 1 to Sept. 7, 2025♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) Someone will say, “Teal season’s easy – just point and shoot.” You’ll discover otherwise as blue-wings zip by like f...
- Wisconsin’s Brett Leable spreading word on free-dive fish spearing“I always say if you like to hunt, and you like to fish, you will love spearfishing,” Brett Leable said. “It’s basically hunting while underwater.” Le...
- A day of sampling fish on the Mississippi River is an eye-opening experienceFish smells gone wild and the baking August sun suddenly vanished when the unmistakable bill of a paddlefish surprisingly and seductively began bobbing up and d...
- A 2025 grouse tour? Minnesota has more options than you might realizeFor more than a decade, my brother and I and sometimes others have annually embarked on our “Grouse Tour.” Sometimes we’re on the hunt for ruffed grouse, ...
- With concerns over Federal money, Wisconsin DNR budget remains a mysteryThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2025-27 budget is enough to keep current operations running, but without major additions. Maggie Hutter, DNR...
- MN Daily Update: Walk-in access acres open todayThere are a number of important dates coming up as it pertains to Minnesota’s outdoors, including today, Sept. 1, being the day the public can start utilizing...
- WI Daily Update: Bear hunting in Wisconsin more popular than everWisconsin’s black bear hunting season opens on Sept. 3, and the season has never been more popular in the Badger State. Listen here for more details. The post...
- Sub-gauges for upland game? Here’s what to considerSub-gauges, are they viable choices for upland game or just a commercial gimmick? Using one has become more of a reality with advances in powder, shot, wads, an...
- September means smallmouths on a binge in these Michigan watersFishing for smallmouth bass in Michigan is exceptional during the summer months. Still, anglers know that cooler nights and the resulting drop in water temperat...
- September bluegills can be a tasty challengeBluegills can be pushovers in May when it is easy to find the willing biters. You may have to work to find them in September, however. The challenge starts with...
- Wisconsin DNR appears to have cleared detailed budget audit hurdleThe Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) finally released its audit of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) management of its Fish and Wildlife Account to the St...
- Wisconsin NRB tracking Minnesota wake boat studyThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) again heard from citizens stressing that wake boats are deserving of more attention from the NRB and Department of N...
- Steve McComas: Lake drawdowns: some intended, others by surpriseEarlier in August, all the water of Lake Alice, a 26-acre lake in William O’Brien State Park (north of Stillwater, Minn.), drained accidentally into the St. C...
- Lackawaxen River’s redbreast sunfish brighten September fishing in PennsylvaniaThe Lackawaxen is one of the great rivers of Pennsylvania. In the spring and later in the fall the Lackawaxen is full of stocked trout but now at the end of sum...