Hunting News
Before 2024
- Beat a buck’s nose: A look at new-age scent control optionsWhen I first got serious about bowhunting, it didn’t take me long to figure out I smelled pretty bad to deer. Bucks would hit my walk-in trail and do an about...
- Minnesota Reader Stories: Not just a blue-wing, but a symbol of conservationIn 2021, my son, Pete Kvale, and I harvested a banded male blue-winged teal at the Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area in northwestern Minnesota. The condition ...
- Oak Duke: Bass are why I love weedOh come on folks. After reading that headline you might be tempted to think that I mean the smokeable kind of weed. Nope, water weeds. The kind that means bass!...
- Wisconsin spring survey shows stable waterfowl numbers, while pheasant and grouse counts dropResults of the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) annual spring surveys of Wisconsin ruffed grouse, pheasant, and waterfowl are in, with the spring waterf...
- WI Daily Update: Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations on sale Aug. 14Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2023 deer season in Wisconsin are on sale today, Aug. 14. Here are the details you need to know. The post WI Dai...
- MN Daily Update: Important dates to remember for deer huntersGet ready for deer hunting season. Here are some important dates to remember coming up. The post MN Daily Update: Important dates to remember for deer hunters a...
- Ohio’s river water quality shows improvementOhio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) Director Anne Vogel recently announced that a comprehensive study of Ohio’s largest ...
- Here’s how to be ready this bowhunting seasonWould Aaron Rogers stroll onto a football field, throw a hundred footballs, and walk off feeling ready for the NFL season opener? Obviously not! Yet most bowhun...
- Big Wisconsin waterfowl expo coming to Oshkosh: Here’s what you’ll find thereAll things waterfowl – from science to calling contests to gear and more – will land in Oshkosh on Saturday, Aug. 26 during the third annual Wisconsin Water...
- What are the impacts of low water on the Mississippi River?Locally, after a bounty of resources were swept into the river during the spring floods, the low water brings a bounty for all the predators in the river, inclu...
- Positive reports for Minnesota’s wild rice crop leading up to Aug. 15 openerThe wild rice harvest season kicks off Aug. 15, and reports suggest good conditions for a strong crop in 2023. With a week to go before the season officially be...
- Michigan Natural Resources Commission eyes fishing regulation changesThe Michigan Natural Resources Commission was presented with a handful of fisheries regulations to consider at its meeting last week in Grand Rapids. Among the ...
- Here’s how to narrow down what you need in a good pair of wadersSometime around midsummer our minds begin to think about fall and the pursuits we’ll partake in. If your interests go beyond deer and upland game hunting, thi...
- Hunter education, archery in schools may be safe in Pennsylvania despite threat to federal fundingA recent move by the Biden administration to block funding for hunter education and archery programs held in schools may not impact the programs in Pennsylvania...
- Iowa’s Big Creek Wildlife Area offers an outdoor getaway near Des MoinesOften overlooked for its similarly named state park or mistaken for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sprawling Saylorville Wildlife Area, Big Creek Wildlife Are...