Hunting News
Before 2025
- Strong cisco year-class benefits Lake Superior’s lake troutThere was good news coming out of the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting regarding the Lake Superior cisco and lake trout fishery, as a healthy year-...
- Christine Thomas: The black walnut saga continues“I picked up some black walnuts for you a couple of days ago,” shared my friend, Sue Zimmer. “However, I tried to peel the husks and they were infested wi...
- Wisconsin citizens, groups push for strict wake boat rulesCitizens, existing groups and citizens forming new groups continue to fight for reforms to wake boat rules in hopes of limiting potential damages caused by big ...
- Episode 467 – Ice and deer kill updates, changes at TRCP, eagle poaching, and remembering America’s most deadly wild fireManaging Editor and Host Rob Drieslein discusses the marginal ice conditions across much of Minnesota with Editor Tim Spielman, then the review the latest 2023 ...
- Spoon-fed: Here’s when and what to use when it comes to ice fishing with spoonsSpoons. If you were to look through any old angler’s tackle box, be it an open-water collection or a hardwater collection, you will more than likely find spoo...
- Birders continue to make Christmas Bird Count a success in its 124th yearFor many wildlife watchers the holidays would not be complete without the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, which runs throughout the We...
- Illinois DNR catches record number of silver carp at Starved Rock pool of the Illinois RiverIllinois DNR fisheries biologists broke a new fish collection record this month, earning much-deserved applause. But is it actually good news or bad news?...
- Don’t ignore deeper water for Michigan’s first-ice panfishIce anglers wait anxiously for first ice, knowing it’s one of the best times to catch bluegills. Anglers predictably gather off weed edges where they last mad...
- Public land hunters need to be aware of DEC’s permit process as Long Island deer hunt starts Jan. 7Sunday, Jan. 7, will mark the opening day of Long Island’s firearms deer season, a season which since the mid-1960s has allowed not only Long Island hunters, ...
- Illinois deer harvest drops during gun season, despite addition of rifle huntingSouthern Illinois again dominated the list of top-harvesting counties during this year’s firearms deer season, but a slight drop in the number of deer taken o...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Dec. 22, 2023White bass, catfish continue to bite up and down state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on Dec. 22, 2023. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing report on...
- One of two elk that wandered into Illinois hit by semiAfter trekking hundreds of miles across Wisconsin and into Illinois, a male elk died after it was struck by a semi-truck southwest of Chicago. The bull el...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Two 2024 Wisconsin sport shows announcedWausau and Marinette will be the sites of two 2024 sports shows serving central and northern Wisconsin and northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A major change needed for state’s northern deer huntersReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A major chan...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: Why did the DNR’s chief game warden not present Shikar Safari Club award at NRB meeting?You’ll find a news story by veteran reporter Tim Eisele on Brian Knepper, a Wisconsin DNR game warden who received this year’s Shikar Safari Club award at t...