Hunting News
Before 2025
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation banning coyote hunting contestsClaiming she was protecting wildlife, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 22, 2023, signed legislation that will put an end to organized coyote hunting contests in the st...
- Party animals: Does some wildlife chase intoxication?The other day, I read a report in the Wyoming-based Cowboy State Daily about grizzly bears and trains. The article relates that the bears had been eating fermen...
- MN Daily Update: Late season means chasing roosters in cattailsWe’re nearing the end of the pheasant hunting season in the Upper Midwest, and that usually means getting into the cattails. Here’s what to know. The post M...
- Can microorganisms control a deer’s behavior?The more you learn about nature, the weirder it becomes. Take the case of the “zombie” parasite Cordyceps. Spores from this fungus end up on an ant in a tro...
- WI Daily Update: Late season means chasing roosters in cattailsWe’re nearing the end of the pheasant hunting season in the Upper Midwest, and that usually means getting into the cattails. Here’s what to know. The post W...
- Dean Bortz: “Cracky” leaving big shoes to fill in southern Ashland County, Wis., townFriends and family packed the Catholic church in a very small town in southern Ashland County right to the rafters on the morning of Dec. 16 to say farewell to ...
- WI Daily Update: Take part in a First Day Hike on Jan. 1The Wisconsin DNR encourages residents to celebrate New Year’s Day by participating in a First Day Hike at one of the state’s public properties. Here’s ho...
- Steve Piatt: Adventures from ‘The American Sportsman’ were the stuff of a kid’s dreamsThese days there are countless hunting, fishing and trapping shows on TV, on stations such as The Outdoor Channel, The Pursuit Channel, The Sportsman Channel, W...
- MN Daily Update: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers hires new CEOBackcountry Hunters & Anglers, a public lands and conservation advocacy organization, has found a new CEO to lead the organization. Here is who it is....
- Winter steelhead fishing: Lake Erie-area tributaries surprisingly accessible this time of yearThe air temperature hovered near 35 degrees when my buddy, Jim, and I waded into the cold waters of a Lake Erie tributary, appreciating the protection of our wa...
- Commentary: Just who is in charge of the Wisconsin DNR?Since Adam Payne abruptly resigned as Department of Natural Resources (DNR) secretary in October, Steven Little, DNR deputy secretary, has been the acting secre...
- Mild temperatures make for a great chance to tackle winter whitetail habitat projectsI’ve been trying lately to chip away at a deer hunt here and there, aiming for another doe to fill the freezer while holding onto dwindling hope for an ever-m...
- Set for Jan. 5-7, Let’s Go Fishing Show in Illinois remains angler celebration in 30th yearCrappie fishing buddies Tom Henske and Bill Royce both call the annual Let’s Go Fishing Show “a meeting of the minds.” Not that they agree on why – or m...
- Oak Duke: Some advice for filling a late-season deer tag in New YorkGone are the early archery days… falling leaves, mild times, along with opening day of gun season and all its camaraderie logged now in the Book of Past Memor...
- Ben Moyer: The cycling rewards of deer hunting include ushering in a new hunterDeer hunting’s rewards are diverse. At its core is the individual’s vigil, watching the woods for deer. The moment you first see a deer, followed by those a...