Hunting News
Before 2025
- Iowa DNR releases license sale numbers for hunters and anglers in 2023The Iowa DNR released hunting and fishing license-sale figures from the 2023 season. Here is a breakdown of the number of resident and non-resident hunters and ...
- Iowa DNR postponing trout stockings in Council Bluffs and Fort DodgeThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is postponing the trout stockings scheduled for this Friday, Jan. 19, at Big Lake, Council Bluffs, and Moorland P...
- A total of 1,800 turn out for Iowa first day hikesIowans turned out in force on New Year's Day to mark the 13th annual state park first day hikes. A total of 1,800 people joined the hikes, with 18 parks and one...
- Steve Pollick: Coyote searches for late-night snack in Froggy BottomDead of winter, mid-January. Deep-freeze, zero-degrees, frozen land. No surprise. Birds almost frantically are mobbing the feeders in the cold, their numb...
- Road improvement projects approved for two Iowa state parksA pair of popular state parks will see road improvements, following action last Wednesday by the Iowa Natural Resources Commission. In the first case, asphalt p...
- Take advantage of the fishing when the ice is nice in New YorkMost hunting seasons are winding down but that doesn’t mean that many outdoors people will be sitting home. Cold weather provides many New York sportsmen with...
- Minnesota DNR says bobcats and fishers are expanding southward; could trapping expand, too?Cory Netland, Minnesota DNR New London area wildlife supervisor, remembers hearing the first report of a fisher in the New London area. It happened in 2013, and...
- How common is it for hunters to shoot antlered does?On Dec. 1, 2020, Tyler Zeiders had no idea what a fantastic day he would have as daylight broke. Clutching his 6.5 Creedmoor rifle, Zeiders, of Duncansville, Bl...
- MN Daily Update: What is Gary Roach’s most important piece of equipment for ice fishing?What is the most important piece of equipment freshwater fishing hall-of-famer Gary Roach has for ice fishing? Here’s his answer. The post MN Daily Update: Wh...
- Lake of the Woods producing a variety of fish through the iceAs Lake of the Woods resorters and promoters are fond of telling their ice-fishing clientele, when the hook is set, you never quite know what’s at the other e...
- WI Daily Update: What is Gary Roach’s most important piece of equipment for ice fishing?What is the most important piece of equipment freshwater fishing hall-of-famer Gary Roach has for ice fishing? Here’s his answer. The post WI Daily Update: Wh...
- Commentary: It’s time to legalize centerfire rifles for deer hunting in OhioImagine that cool, crisp fall morning while deer hunting. Maybe it’s a muzzleloader from your great-grandfather, a shotgun passed down from your grandfather w...
- Minnesota’s famed wildlife artist, Jim Killen, dies at 89Jim Killen was known to look at life as a painting in waiting. “It starts with a dream and a blank canvas and it’s anybody’s guess how it will turn out,â€...
- Gear & Gadgets: HEVI-Shot ammunition announces new loads for 2024, plus much moreHEVI-Shot is proud to announce several new loads for 2024. The all-new, steel-shot product line — targeted for upland hunters — is aptly named HEVI-Steel Up...
- Like pike? West Two Rivers Reservoir has size, numbers in Minnesota’s St. Louis CountyLocated near the town of Mountain Iron in St. Louis County, West Two Rivers Reservoir is a unique fishery for several reasons. The 713-acre system is an old res...