Hunting News
Before 2025
- Plenty can be accomplished when all come together for the outdoorsAs I spent three hours about six weeks ago at the Howard K. Vincent Waterfowl Production Area dedication, located north across the road from Big Spirit Lake, I ...
- Discussion regarding wolf damage payments, social carrying capacity dominate meeting in Marshfield, Wis.Questions regarding the wolf damage payment fund, social carrying capacity and a population goal carried the evening during a DNR open house meeting on the topi...
- Wisconsin’s 2023 firearms deer season forecast: A “season of opportunity.”Wisconsin’s 2023 firearms deer season is a month away, but hunters are already gearing up for opening weekend. Early reports from bow, crossbow, and youth hun...
- More than 80% of dove hunters in Illinois don’t favor a lead shot banA large majority of Illinois dove hunters would oppose a state ban on lead shot when hunting doves, according to an Illinois Natural History Survey survey focus...
- Remembering Leopold: In the Midwest, the real black gold is our deep, dark soilsOnce upon a time, there was a poor mountaineer named Jed. One day he was out shooting at some food, he obviously missed, and a thick, black crude oil came bubbl...
- MN Daily Update: Help shape master plans on Thief Lake, and Lac qui Parle WMAThe Minnesota DNR is seeking public input for updated master plans on Thief Lake in Marshall County, and on the Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area. Here’s...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: What’s going to happen to Natural Resources Board appointees?I'd imagine anyone who tracks the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) is waiting to see what’s going to happen to four of five non-confirmed NRB members d...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Increase the overall fines, penalties for game violatorsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Increase the...
- A ‘growing’ Fish Lake in Wisconsin likely to see fishery evolve over timeOne of the most unusual aspects of Fish Lake isn’t the two-story fishery provided by the lake’s depth, but the lake’s changing size brought about by gener...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoo...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: 2021 elk poaching case completedField reports from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources published in the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Colla...
- Stories from Christine Thomas’ sixth duck stamp contestMy year as an alternate began at the contest site, at the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia. The judging panel included Dale Hall, former d...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Tostrud, Wilkins, Rickaby state stamp contest winnersJim Tostrud, Robert Wilkens, and Ryan Rickaby won Wisconsin's 2024 state turkey, pheasant, and waterfowl stamp contests, respectively. Artists submitted more th...
- Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association now part of ice fishing expoWisconsin Ice Fishing Expo organizers couldn’t be happier than to have developed a partner/sponsorship with WIFA, a group of 144 Wisconsin high schools commit...
- Outdoor News Contributing Editor Dan Small part of Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame’s 2024 classRadio show host, former TV show host, writer, and Wisconsin Outdoor News Contributing Editor Dan Small has been selected for induction into the 2024 class of th...