Hunting News
Before 2024
- New York Mixed Bag: Department of Environmental Conservation conducting antlerless deer harvesting surveyThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is conducting a survey that will help identify potential mechanisms to increase the harvest of femal...
- New Iowa Natural Resources commissioner Laura Kudej uses history to promote Iowa’s futureLaura Kudej enjoys her ties to history, connecting her position on the local historical society board to her new position on the Iowa Natural Resources Commissi...
- KR Buck takes lifelong interest in the outdoors to Iowa Natural Resources CommissionKR Buck recalls an early choice he made between athletics and the outdoors. His freshman basketball coach in Council Bluffs, Iowa, announced that the upcoming S...
- New York Letters to the Editor: No reason for ammunition purchases to be delayedReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 3, 2023, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: No reason for a...
- Ammunition background checks in New York are not workingWhat do retired law enforcement officers, former judges, active Environmental Conservation Officers, border patrol agents and even the Sheriff of Chautauqua Cou...
- After an accident paralyzed one arm, Minnesota high-schooler doesn’t let incident stop his shooting passionsZach Day loved dirt bike riding as a kid and eventually saved enough money to buy his own bike in high school. On Aug. 1, 2021, Day went off-roading and looked ...
- WI Daily Update: Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearers must purchase a spearing license by Oct. 31The Wisconsin DNR reminds spearers that they must purchase a spearing license by Oct. 31 if they wish to harvest a sturgeon from Lake Winnebago during the 2024 ...
- What a difference 9,000 days could make in Michigan’s Great Lakes fisheries with new consent decreeThings don’t usually change rapidly in the Great Lakes. Change takes weeks, months, decades or more. The post What a difference 9,000 days could make in Michi...
- Adult on-set hunter Samantha Miller hones her outdoor life one hunt at a time in OhioEvery once in a while, you come across someone who cuts their own path. Samantha Miller is one of those people, blazing her way in the outdoors. She has come a ...
- MN Daily Update: Minnesota shotgun zone still exists for deer hunting seasonYou still need to use shotguns in the southern half of this state for firearms deer hunting this fall. Though legislation advanced that would have allowed rifle...
- New York sportsmen’s groups wary of public land usage study for Kaaterskill Clove area in eastern CatskillsThe New York Department of Environmental Conservation is in the midst of a study into future best use practices at one of the most popular destinations in the C...
- Tales of the top unexpected encounters over 45 years of huntingOver a 45-year hunting career, I’ve had many memorable encounters with wildlife. Sometimes those encounters were with the particular species of game I was hun...
- Illinois firearms hunters took more bucks last year – and took ’em earlySix out of 10 deer taken during last year’s shotgun season were bucks, according to DNR’s published report on the 2022-23 harvest. The exact harvest ratio o...
- Fall muskies: It’s prime time to go after these big predatorsPerseverance is a valuable skill if want to catch muskies in the fall, or anytime for that matter. Steadfast confidence that the time invested will teach you wh...
- Now it begins: The rut is just getting startedJust about all deer experts, both hunters and the science-based research variety, agree that the breeding between female and male whitetails can be broken down ...