Hunting News
Before 2024
- Birders continue to make Christmas Bird Count a success in its 124th yearFor many wildlife watchers the holidays would not be complete without the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, which runs throughout the We...
- Illinois DNR catches record number of silver carp at Starved Rock pool of the Illinois RiverIllinois DNR fisheries biologists broke a new fish collection record this month, earning much-deserved applause. But is it actually good news or bad news?...
- Don’t ignore deeper water for Michigan’s first-ice panfishIce anglers wait anxiously for first ice, knowing it’s one of the best times to catch bluegills. Anglers predictably gather off weed edges where they last mad...
- Public land hunters need to be aware of DEC’s permit process as Long Island deer hunt starts Jan. 7Sunday, Jan. 7, will mark the opening day of Long Island’s firearms deer season, a season which since the mid-1960s has allowed not only Long Island hunters, ...
- Illinois deer harvest drops during gun season, despite addition of rifle huntingSouthern Illinois again dominated the list of top-harvesting counties during this year’s firearms deer season, but a slight drop in the number of deer taken o...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Dec. 22, 2023White bass, catfish continue to bite up and down state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on Dec. 22, 2023. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing report on...
- One of two elk that wandered into Illinois hit by semiAfter trekking hundreds of miles across Wisconsin and into Illinois, a male elk died after it was struck by a semi-truck southwest of Chicago. The bull el...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Two 2024 Wisconsin sport shows announcedWausau and Marinette will be the sites of two 2024 sports shows serving central and northern Wisconsin and northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A major change needed for state’s northern deer huntersReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A major chan...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: Why did the DNR’s chief game warden not present Shikar Safari Club award at NRB meeting?You’ll find a news story by veteran reporter Tim Eisele on Brian Knepper, a Wisconsin DNR game warden who received this year’s Shikar Safari Club award at t...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Tom Boop’s deer column elicits mixed opinions from Pennsylvania huntersI asked him why the tragedy affected him so deeply, given that he didn’t know Seville, and his response will no doubt resonate with many aging hunters. “I w...
- Vic Attardo: Savvy techniques for catching crappies on the iceFor a moment, this silver-sided crappie glistened like the cold winter sun and the early morning reflection on the ice. Fresh from the frozen lake, the crappie ...
- Wisconsin Warden Brian Knepper chosen for Safari Club Int’l awardBrian Knepper, a lieutenant conservation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, received the 2022 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife ...
- Deer bait business thriving in Wisconsin as CWD expandsBaiting and feeding deer is illegal in 59 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, so retired wildlife professor Scott Craven thought it odd Dec. 7 to see 50-pound bags of...
- Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board gets first look at deer season harvest“Keep your mind open because there are opportunities for change ahead,” said Natural Resources Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith to deer hunters who are frust...