Hunting News
Before 2024
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Illinois Conservation Foundation to host ‘Director’s Hunt’ in Cass CountyThe Illinois Conservation Foundation is welcoming hunters and other supporters to participate in the 2023 ICF Director’s Hunt at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State...
- New York’s Trout Unlimited honors Bill Wellman with Lifetime Achievement AwardBill Wellman, of the Lake Champlain Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU), has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York State Council of TU in Albany...
- WI Daily Update: Deer hunters asked to report what wildlife they seeThe Wisconsin DNR is seeking citizen participation in a statewide deer hunter wildlife survey. Here’s how to get involved. The post WI Daily Update: Deer hunt...
- Plenty can be accomplished when all come together for the outdoorsAs I spent three hours about six weeks ago at the Howard K. Vincent Waterfowl Production Area dedication, located north across the road from Big Spirit Lake, I ...
- Discussion regarding wolf damage payments, social carrying capacity dominate meeting in Marshfield, Wis.Questions regarding the wolf damage payment fund, social carrying capacity and a population goal carried the evening during a DNR open house meeting on the topi...
- Wisconsin’s 2023 firearms deer season forecast: A “season of opportunity.”Wisconsin’s 2023 firearms deer season is a month away, but hunters are already gearing up for opening weekend. Early reports from bow, crossbow, and youth hun...
- More than 80% of dove hunters in Illinois don’t favor a lead shot banA large majority of Illinois dove hunters would oppose a state ban on lead shot when hunting doves, according to an Illinois Natural History Survey survey focus...
- Remembering Leopold: In the Midwest, the real black gold is our deep, dark soilsOnce upon a time, there was a poor mountaineer named Jed. One day he was out shooting at some food, he obviously missed, and a thick, black crude oil came bubbl...
- MN Daily Update: Help shape master plans on Thief Lake, and Lac qui Parle WMAThe Minnesota DNR is seeking public input for updated master plans on Thief Lake in Marshall County, and on the Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area. Here’s...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: What’s going to happen to Natural Resources Board appointees?I'd imagine anyone who tracks the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) is waiting to see what’s going to happen to four of five non-confirmed NRB members d...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Increase the overall fines, penalties for game violatorsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Increase the...
- A ‘growing’ Fish Lake in Wisconsin likely to see fishery evolve over timeOne of the most unusual aspects of Fish Lake isn’t the two-story fishery provided by the lake’s depth, but the lake’s changing size brought about by gener...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoo...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: 2021 elk poaching case completedField reports from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Colla...
- Stories from Christine Thomas’ sixth duck stamp contestMy year as an alternate began at the contest site, at the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia. The judging panel included Dale Hall, former d...