Hunting News
Before 2025
- Some “hard feelings” come with Minnesota DNR changes to record fish programThe Minnesota DNR unveiled its revamped state record fish program, and the changes include relegating pre-1980 records to a new “noncertified” category. Tha...
- Minnesota moose population ‘stable,’ while elk count is called off by DNR due to lack of snowOn the same day the DNR announced survey results showing a stable moose population in northeastern Minnesota, state officials in the northwest reported a lack o...
- Shotgun zone, DNR oversight debated at Minnesota CapitolThe Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee met Thursday, Feb. 29, to discuss and advance legislation. The bills focused on eliminating the shotgun zo...
- Minnesota Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Jumbo perch fishing ends the ice seasonThis ice-fishing season has certainly presented its challenges with above-normal temperatures leading to inconsistent ice on many bodies of water. Fortunately f...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on March 6, 2024Still ice fishing to the north, open water to the south. A look at the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on March 6, 2024. The post Minnesota’s s...
- Mark Nale: Pennsylvania’s wealth of public land questionedI was troubled by a recent article in Pennsylvania Outdoor News, headlined “Senators: PGC owns enough game lands.” The story reported on comments made...
- WI Daily Update: A little about wolverines — the largest land-roaming weaselsAre fishers the largest of the land weasel family? There’s one that’s bigger. Here are some cool facts about wolverines. The post WI Daily Update: A little ...
- MN Daily Update: A little about wolverines — the largest land-roaming weaselsAre fishers the largest of the land weasel family? There’s one that’s bigger. Here are some cool facts about wolverines. The post MN Daily Update: A little ...
- Iowa DNR shares hunting and trapping results from 2023 during public meetingsThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources hosted a total of 18 town hall style meetings on Feb. 20-21 across the state to recap hunting and trapping seasons, dis...
- Ideas, support needed for Wisconsin’s youth conservation congressI’d like to say I’ve been working with Reed Kabelowsky, of the Conservation Congress, on a story about the Wisconsin Youth Conservation Congress, but that w...
- Delta Waterfowl establishes Niagara Frontier chapter in New YorkDelta Waterfowl, one of the leading conservation groups dedicated to waterfowl and waterfowl hunting, is expanding its footprint in the Empire State. According ...
- It’s ‘a cycle of life,’ so why are fewer hunting deer in Illinois?Mike Foulk walked along the edge of a harvested farm field southeast of Macomb, Ill., just after sunrise on a hazy, damp, and chilly morning in early December. ...
- Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – March 5, 2024Steelhead fishing is in its prime, with the rivers providing plenty of successes. Else, except for the Upper Peninsula, ice is hard to come by. The post Michiga...
- Ice-out channel catfish are biting in IowaWith the ice off of many Iowa waters, the DNR reminds the public that it is a good time to go after channel catfish in the state. Channel catfish move close to ...
- Tennessee man gets jail for using a spotlight to poach deer and threatening a landownerA Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened ...