Hunting News
Before 2024
- New to crossbows? Here are some realities to considerFollowing the lead of multiple states of full-on inclusion, Minnesota legalized crossbows for all deer hunters this season. The numbers that have rolled in so f...
- Iowa cities, conservation groups offered $400,000 in 2023 through motor fuel tax grantsA total of 14 groups were offered a combined $400,000 in funds recently to improve water-related facilities and structures as part of the Water Recreation Acces...
- WI Daily Update: You can help with a state black bear studyWisconsin DNR scientists are conducting a study to learn more about black bear cub survival rates to help improve population estimates. Here’s how you can hel...
- MN Daily Update: Get into state parks for free this FridayThe Minnesota DNR is waving entrance fees to all of its state parks and recreation areas on Nov. 24. Here are the details. The post MN Daily Update: Get into st...
- Commentary: Fracking and hunting on Ohio state lands don’t mixAmong the top 10 counties for deer harvests in the 2022-23 season were: Coshocton (7,590), Tuscarawas (7,028), Muskingum (5,982), Guernsey (5,073), and Carroll ...
- Ohio Insider: State seeks more protections for the right to hunt, fish, and trapA Florida-based hunting and fishing advocacy group has joined up with a couple of Ohio state representatives to protect the right to hunt, fish, and trap in the...
- First case of CWD confirmed in Yellowstone National Park as mule deer buck tests positiveYellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) recently confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in the carcass of an adult ...
- Dave Genz: Leader of the ice fishing revolutionCertain people have skills that set them apart from others and also the charisma that makes people want to be around them. As an outdoor writer, I have been for...
- Iowa clean water panel shares sound adviceThe mid-August Okoboji Blue Water Festival (OBWF) was both an opportunity to share the clean water successes occurring in the Iowa Great Lakes area, and the cha...
- Best management practices for winterizing boat batteriesThere are dozens of opinions about how a boat battery should be treated in the offseason. Some say just top off the charge and pull the tarp on Ol’ Wavewacker...
- Want to upgrade your compound bow this offseason? Here’s what to considerThe 2023 archery season is still going in many states, but it's never too early to reflect on past hunts. How did it go? Would upgrading equipment last summer h...
- WI Daily Update: Drop in harvest and hunter success rates during 2023 bear seasonResults are in from the 2023 Wisconsin bear hunting season. Here are the details. The post WI Daily Update: Drop in harvest and hunter success rates during 2023...
- MN Daily Update: Archers do well in 2023 Camp Ripley huntThe 2023 archery hunt at Camp Ripley has wrapped up, and archers did pretty well this year. Here are the details. The post MN Daily Update: Archers do well in 2...
- What will your fur be worth during New York’s 2023-24 trapping season?There is no doubt that Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a big impact on the international fur market. If there was not a war right now, fur prices would be bet...
- Conservation projects to benefit East Branch Chippewa River in west-central MinnesotaCooperation between neighbors and collaboration between neighboring soil and water conservation districts have resulted in more effective erosion control within...