Hunting News
Before 2025
- Oak Duke: Notes from a two-buck season in New YorkI was fortunate to enjoy two successful deer hunts during the 2023 season in New York. The first was during the archery season, and the second at the tail end o...
- For ice tackle, there’s lessons to be learned from tournament anglersThere’s a fallacy in the world of hunting and angling – and maybe it’s as old as the first salesman – that spending more money translates to more succes...
- Shopping for new trail cams? Be wary of megapixel ratingsIf there’s one thing that’s had the largest impact on deer hunting the past two decades, trail cameras take the top spot. I could make a case for digital ma...
- Ohio’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 26, 2024Anglers get a short window of ice fishing. A look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on Jan. 26, 2024. The post Ohio’s statewide fishing report ...
- Frozen flight feathers cause barrage of birds to fall from the sky in central PennsylvaniaOn the morning of Jan. 16 the phone at Centre Wildlife Care in Port Matilda, Pa., was ringing off the hook, according to Robyn Graboski, who has been in wildlif...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Deer farmers suing? Should be the other way aroundReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 26, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Deer farmers...
- Outdoor Insights: Interesting observations from the 2024 Minnesota DNR RoundtableThe most interesting session I witnessed at the 2024 Minnesota DNR Roundtable was Technology for Fishing and Hunting, where chatter focused on forward-facing so...
- Just off I-35, Minnesota’s Clear Lake is a clear choice for multi-species anglersLocated just off the bumper-to-bumper traffic along Interstate Highway 35 near Forest Lake, you’ll find one of the more popular fishing destinations in Washin...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across the state published in the Jan. 26, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdo...
- Gear & Gadgets: Cuddeback launches Tracks trail cameras, Kast-King tackle bags, and moreTracks is built on a new small ergonomic camera platform that maximizes the features users are looking for in a cellular trail camera. Historically, lesser cell...
- Nature Smart: Better understand the All-American BadgerIt’s funny, but I believe the average person knows more about the honey badger (Mellivora capensis), a critter of Africa and Southwest Asia than they do about...
- Backyard and Beyond: A black-capped chickadee feeds in handJane Birr has spent a number of years sitting near her bird feeders with seeds in her hands to attract one of the most intrepid little sprites in the bird world...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Two incidental catches donated to provide youth trapping educationMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The p...
- Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Create a ‘Smitty Sled’ for thin-ice anglingIn my decades of ice fishing, I can’t remember such crazy fluctuations in temperatures and ice conditions. It seems to be a bit reminiscent of last year’s s...
- Beyond Minnesota: Indiana’s state-record burbot caught from Lake MichiganAnthony Burke, of Cedar Lake, Ind., was fishing for perch in Lake Michigan on Jan. 6 when he landed a burbot that was 37.25 inches long and weighed 14 pounds, 3...