Hunting News
Before 2024
- Wisconsin’s Spooner Lake a popular panfish and largemouth spotThe local DNR fisheries team ran a survey on Spooner Lake during the spring of 2022 – right at ice-out in April to capture early-spawning species, and then ag...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Oct. 6, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Person enters wolf enclosure at MacKenzie Center in PoynetteField reports from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources published in the Oct. 6, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Collar...
- Not-so-easy little cabin pinecone caperNot that I needed more projects. Early September is a busy time at the little cabin. There is firewood to split, haul, and stack. Cover crops in the edges of ou...
- U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany offers update on wolf delisting billU.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents citizens in an area of northern Wisconsin containing the state’s largest wolf population, briefly attended a Sept. 23 Co...
- Wisconsin DNR defends lack of population goal in wolf planWisconsin wildlife officials defended their decision not to set a hard cap on the state’s wolf population in a new management plan in front of a Republican-co...
- Minnesota DNR’s small-game survey shows declining hunters, fewer survey responsesThe Minnesota DNR released the results of its annual small game survey on Oct. 2 that showed the number of small-game hunters in Minnesota in 2022 dropped by mo...
- Wisconsin DNR continues to investigate swan, heron shootingsAn investigation continues into the illegal shooting of three swans and a great blue heron at a state wildlife area in Shawano County. Clark Delzer, a DNR conse...
- Wisconsin’s Lake Tomahawk hosts 47th World Musky HuntThe biggest fish caught during the 47th annual World Musky Hunt (WMH) went 47 1⁄2 inches for Kurt Brasser, but that didn’t mean Brasser made the winning tea...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Betsy Parker named Aldo Leopold Nature Center Executive DirectorA former Aldo Leopold Nature Center environmental educator has been named the center’s new executive director. Betsy Parker’s years of work at the Aldo Leop...
- Wisconsin Natural Resources Board appointees don’t support hard cap on wolf populationThe plan doesn’t establish a population goal, instead recommending that the population remain at around 1,000 wolves. The post Wisconsin Natural Resources Boa...
- Unmodified crossbow permits progressing in New YorkThe New York State Department of Environment Conservation broke new ground late this summer when it announced that through a reasonable accommodation under the ...
- Commentary: New York missing the boat on federal marine resources fundingIn the U.S., 23 coastal states currently require a fee-based marine fishing license for recreational fishing. New York is one of three states that does not; the...
- New York Letters to the Editor: So much more could apply to Biden’s Safer Communities ActReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 6, 2023, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: So much more co...
- Bowhunt New York’s Gilbert Lake this year; fish, and camp next yearAt 1,584 acres – and a good chunk of it available to archery hunting – it attracts the bowhunter who prefers wooded hills over rolling fields and the obviou...