Hunting News
Before 2025
- Dean Bortz: Take the hunting time with grandkids where you can find itI’ll tell you this much for free – there might be nothing better than having teenage grandkids who like to hunt, fish, and trap, and who have a driver’s l...
- WI Daily Update: Try river fishing from shore to scratch that itch if good ice doesn’t existDon’t want to travel north to find good ice, but need to scratch that fishing itch? Get creative and try river fishing from the shore. The post WI Daily Updat...
- New potential world’s record musk ox entered into Boone and Crockett Club recordsThe records department of the Boone and Crockett Club recently received a musk ox entry, and if confirmed by a judges panel, it will be crowned the new world’...
- Winter salmon fishing in New York? Fish still biting as 2024 beginsIt was an odd end-of-the-year and peculiar start of a new one for salmon fishermen on Lake Ontario. As is often the case, the place to be was the Niagara Bar of...
- Park it on Park Lake for crappies, walleyes and catfish in Wisconsin’s Columbia CountyPark Lake is a 312-acre impoundment of the Fox River in the north-central Columbia County town of Pardeeville. The lake has two public boat landings; one contro...
- From the Backyard: Expect the unexpected from natureAt this time of year, with winter enveloping the country, the natural world can produce some unexpected sights. Case in point: Rich Carlson, a talented nature p...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Jan. 12, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Busy deer opener for wardens in Clark CountyWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from Wisconsin DNR wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 12, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin ...
- Ask a Fisheries Biologist: Lateral lines help fish capture prey when visibility is lowIf you look closely at the side of most freshwater fish, you will see one of their most unique sensory systems, the lateral line. This appears visually as a fai...
- Iowa high school students partner with Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club to create a “Fishing Utopia” through No Boundaries programThrough a program called No Boundaries, students at Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven Ayrshire (GTRA), Okoboji and Spencer High School in northwest Iowa are gaining re...
- A mink trapping triumph story in Pennsylvania that was years in the makingFur trappers more talented and serious than I might find mink a relatively common catch along their traplines. However, this species has eluded me in my small a...
- Planning an out-of-state dream hunt? Here’s tips to understanding preference points and big-game drawsIf you pay attention to the western big-game situation, or the general resident-versus-nonresident issues in many states, you’ve probably noticed that it’s ...
- WI Daily Update: This year features great conditions to try winter trout fishingWant to try winter trout fishing in Wisconsin? 2024 is seeing some great conditions to do so with little snow and rivers running low and clear. Here’s what to...
- MN Daily Update: Conditions are good to try winter trout fishing in 2024Want to try winter trout fishing in Minnesota? Lack of snow means easier walking, and the streams are running low and clear. Here are more details. The post MN ...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Low Pennsylvania bear harvest draws plenty of attention from readersOur recent stories about the bear harvest being lower attracted a lot of attention from readers. One noted that he has dozens of trailcam bear photos captured o...