Hunting News
Before 2025
- New York sees youth success during hunts big and smallAcross New York youth hunting seasons and special hunts organized and coordinated around them have been taking place. In some cases, sportsman’s groups ...
- The second flush: Here’s how to approach an initial missed opportunity on grouse, woodcockMost hunters envision perfect points or close flushes followed by quick, snap shots on birds they can see clearly. Out in the real world, while the birds might ...
- Changing water levels of the Great Lakes: Understanding tides, tsunamis and seichesI was sitting on a Lake Michigan beach with my daughter, granddaughter, and other family members when my son-in-law asked if Lake Michigan had tides that raised...
- MN Daily Update: Be more efficient hunting public-land roosters this fallPheasant numbers are up across much of the Midwest after a good nesting and brood-rearing season in many parts. That means hunter numbers may be up this fall, t...
- After hunter numbers plummet, biologists paint a better future for Illinois’ quailWhen the statewide quail season opens Nov. 4, there are expected to be fewer hunters chasing the usual number of birds. But there are hints of optimism, accordi...
- Minnesota DNR seeks help in wolf kill, duck-dump investigationThe Minnesota DNR is looking for help in finding the person or people responsible for a pair of central Minnesota poaching incidents discovered on Friday, Oct. ...
- Biden signs bipartisan shooting education bill that protects funding for hunter ed, archery programsPresident Joe Biden has signed the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, which protects funding for schools that provide hunter education, archery, sho...
- Technological advances sweeping through the fishing industry aren’t for everyoneIt’s been very interesting reading articles in Michigan Outdoor News and other publications regarding forward-facing or live sonar, a technology that detects ...
- Illinois’ youth deer hunters, archers reporting plenty of activityNumbers from the first three weeks of archery season and the early October youth deer hunt have not been made available by DNR, but reports from hunters up and ...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Oct. 16, 2023Crappies reach fall patterns, muskie bite picking up. A look at the fishing report from across Illinois on Oct. 16, 2023. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing...
- Hundreds aid in search for young girl found alive after being taken from New York state parkThe search began as many have before it – a child hadn’t returned from a bike ride, an occurrence that usually ends quickly and successfully. However, the 9...
- Otter Creek easement purchase in Iowa boosts trout stream accessFishermen will have increased access to a popular trout stream in Iowa thanks to the purchase of an easement last Thursday by the Iowa Natural Resources Commiss...
- Have no dog? Here are ways to still get on the grouseThe most popular game bird in Minnesota, the ruffed grouse has been targeted by as many as 90,000 hunters during a recent season, and DNR spring drumming counts...
- WI Daily Update: Important details for trout anglersThe Wisconsin DNR reminds anglers that the general trout fishing season ended on Oct. 15. Here is what to know about trout-fishing opportunities remaining in th...
- A change of heart: Making the case for ladder standsFor years, I vowed that I would never use ladder stands while deer hunting. I simply felt that they were too big and would be too obvious to get most deer in cl...