Hunting News
Before 2024
- Here are the ‘must-haves’ for public land deer huntersIf you’ve never hunted deer on public land, there are plenty of small items you’d never think to bring if you’re used to hunting on the back 40, when all ...
- An Alaskan moose-hunting saga, Part 2: Finding Gene LakeTaking the west route to Gene Lake, I’d have to pass through Campers Lake and Swanson Lake. According to what I’d read, this area had good moose habitat. Th...
- New background check system forthcoming in New YorkNearly a year after several provisions of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act took effect, one long-anticipated component of the legisla...
- Drones being used to recover wounded deer: Is that a good thing?When legislation was passed in 2018 to allow the use of blood-tracking dogs to recover big game, the move made sense. Despite the fact that it took 10 years for...
- Is a field test for CWD coming soon?Some are “definitive” tests. Others are not; these merely “fail to detect” the presence of disease. At least one assay has the potential to detect prion...
- Sporting clay shooters take aim during Wisconsin’s state meetEvan Guttormson and Ben Klein didn’t know each other heading into the state sporting clays shoot, but they had at least one thing in common – they joined mo...
- Ohio’s young clay target shooters learn how they can continue shooting in collegeAt the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s (SCTP) National Championships held at Cardinal Center during July, student athletes from across the country had an opp...
- Episode 449 – A special Game Fair edition of Outdoor News Radio cohosted with Modern CarnivoreOutdoor News Radio host Rob Drieslein co-brands this week’s special edition of the show with Mark Norquist of Modern Carnivore (modcarn.com). The two men chat...
- Lobster in Chicago River? No, it was a creature much worseIf you’ve ever kayaked down the Chicago River, fished or relaxed along any of the waterways in the area, you may have encountered all sorts of creatures — a...
- Bulging costs cloud carp plan outlook as threat to Great Lakes continuesIt’s nearly unanimous. Invasive Asian carp shouldn’t have ever been allowed to be imported into the United States. Once they were imported, safeguards shoul...
- Camera study sheds light on how bucks shift from summer to fallA month or so out from a new deer season, we’re learning something new – or maybe not so new – about scouting bucks on late-summer trail cameras. What you...
- Episode 27 — First Anniversary with Steve PiattThe Great Northeast Podcast celebrates its first year with its first guest, retired NY Outdoor News Editor Steve Piatt. Steve talks fishing on Lake Erie, Oneida...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report for Aug. 18, 2023Catfish bite continues to be consistent in big lakes. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois on Aug. 18, 2023. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing...
- National waterfowl population survey shows 7% decline in breeding ducks from 2022On Aug. 18, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status based on surveys conducted in May and early Jun...
- Common carp control: Minnesota researchers seek method to curb reproductionJulie Badger saw a problem and wanted to fix it. The incoming fourth-year doctoral student at the University of Minnesota recognizes that invasive common carp a...