Hunting News
Before 2025
- Caught a goldfish in Illinois? It may well be just as invasive as its carp cousinRandomly catching a goldfish in Illinois ponds, lakes and rivers is no longer the shock it once was – reports of such catches are made each summer. For exampl...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: State’s pheasant hunting program extendedIllinois DNR is extending the controlled pheasant hunting program for the 2023-2024 season. Some sites will be extended by one to two weeks in different areas o...
- Mississippi Pool 22 project in Illinois designed to improve fishingA project on Mississippi River Pool 22 is designed to enhance fishing opportunities for local residents along the river, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
- Southern Illinois the focus of ongoing feral swine watchIllinois officials investigated more than 30 reported sightings of feral swine in the state last year. Out of those reports in 2022, many involved what were act...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunter laments loss of dovesReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunter laments...
- Where do fish come from in Illinois? Let’s have a talkThis isn’t designed to be a talk about sex, but in a way it is, I guess, so maybe glance around the room to make sure nobody is peeking over your shoulder. Fa...
- Iowa club’s Fall DNR Night offers insight into the state’s fisheriesEach November, the Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club (IGLFC) hosts its annual fall Department of Natural Resources night at Oak Hill Outdoor on the north side of Mi...
- Pennsylvania Game Commission adjusts late-season pheasant releasesThe recent detection of highly pathogenic avian Influenza – known as HPAI – at a private Northumberland County game farm has prompted the Pennsylvania Game ...
- Funds sought for Iowa ‘Great Monarch Skyway’ sculpture promoting pollinator importanceAn Iowa emeritus art professor is seeking funds to bring a butterfly-based sculpture to life. David Richmond, long-time professor at Simpson College, told the I...
- A year in review: 2023 was a pretty good year in New York’s outdoorsAs 2023 draws to a close and we ready ourselves for another year, it’s time to review how the last 12 months treated us in the great outdoors. For the most pa...
- Pennsylvania flintlock season: Touching history with each shotEver since the Pennsylvania Game Commission established the first season of hunting deer after Christmas with a flintlock rifle, I’ve been a participant. ...
- New York Letters to the Editor: Hunter’s light copper bullet did not perform well in 7mm-08Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: Hunter’s lig...
- Last-minute roosters demand some creativity to kill a limit before season’s endIf you watch any random pheasant hunt on one of the hook-and-bullet channels, or maybe on YouTube, the odds are pretty good you’ll see people hunting planted/...
- Hunting runs deep at Marinette County deer camp in WisconsinWhen Kevin Hamann married his wife, Sheila, in 1988 he had no idea at the time what he was getting into. The couple met as students at the University of Wiscons...
- Outdoor Insights: 2023 was a year of major changes for conservation organizationsThe past year has seen major changes in American conservation leadership at groups like Pheasants Forever and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Add the Theodore ...