Hunting News
Before 2025
- WI Daily Update: What might an early ice out mean for open-water fishing this spring?With the late ice-up and now the potential for an early ice out across much of the Upper Midwest, what might that mean when it comes time for open-water fishing...
- Commentary: Fishing Expo in Ohio a chance to mingle with like-minded anglersWhen February rolls into Columbus, Ohio, so does the National Fishing Expo. Buck-eye State anglers descend upon the Bricker Building on the Ohio State Fairgroun...
- Steve McComas: For Minnesota fish, water conditions are a-changin’Temperature is a regulator regarding the distribution and abundance of aquatic plants and fish in lakes. With that in mind, consider that this winter has been s...
- MN Daily Update: What might an early ice out mean for open-water fishing this spring?With the late ice-up and now the potential for an early ice out across much of the Upper Midwest, what might that mean when it comes time for open-water fishing...
- Follow these five rules of shed-hunting etiquetteShed hunting in Minnesota is still blissfully unregulated. Meanwhile, some Western states now have seasons and even require completion of an online ethics cours...
- Minnesota DNR announces changes to record fish program, allowing 18 more catch-and-release opportunitiesAnglers will have new opportunities to catch a Minnesota state record fish. Starting March 1, anglers can earn catch-and-release records for 18 species beyond t...
- Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 29, 2024Popular lakes becoming ice free. A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on Feb. 29, 2024. The post Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 29...
- Estella Bergere Leopold, youngest of Leopold siblings, dies at 97Estella Bergere Leopold, 97, passed away Feb. 25. As the last remaining child of Aldo and Estella Leopold, her death marks another turning of the page in the Le...
- Iowa’s Ice Hole Festival on West Okoboji leads to Recreational Ice Diving CertificationThe weekend of Feb. 9-11, as the ice fishing season was pretty much drawing to an end on the Iowa Great Lakes, my son, who was fishing off Triboji on the north ...
- Outdoor News’ 2024 ATA & SHOT Show reviewThe bustling 2024 Archery Trade Association and the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade shows happened this winter in St. Louis, Mo., and Las Vegas respectively. Now...
- Gear & Gadgets: See-through hunting blinds from TideWe, and moreUnique Invisible Design: TIDEWE hunting blind is equipped with three full panels of one-way see through material. The post Gear & Gadgets: See-through hunting b...
- Beyond Minnesota: Cyclist sustains injuries after cougar ‘latched onto’ herA woman suffered injuries to her face and neck after a cougar leapt out and “latched onto” her while she was cycling with a group on a trail in Washington s...
- Steve Carney: An ice season recap, and a word on the Winter Severity IndexWhat a weird ice-fishing season this year! The season has to go down as the strangest that I can remember. It started out just fine, but as the season progresse...
- What gives with South Dakota’s Prairie Unit elk tags? Plus, a goose migration updateThe 2024 South Dakota legislative session is chugging along, including movement on a number of outdoors-related bills. While an attempt to increase the habitat ...
- Minnesota’s Island Lake anglers love walleyes, but smallies making splashIf you’re an angler in Itasca County, odds are pretty good you’ve spent time on Island Lake near Northome. This 3,100-acre fishery is popular among local fo...