Hunting News
Before 2025
- From a modest start, steelhead fishing gets in the blood of Ohio anglerGrowing up near the Rocky River, Ken Harper’s interest spanned the usual assortment of species: panfish, bass, and walleyes, to name a few. That was until a s...
- Know your oaks: Increase your acorn IQ to become a better deer hunterYou don’t have to hunt deer long to realize that oak trees, and the acorns they drop each fall, are hugely important to whitetails. And many hunters know that...
- Rocky outcrops attract fish: Here’s how to fish themWhen I see the outcrop in my favorite lake, my thoughts go back to a smallmouth. It was a cold day in the fall. Dark with rain, one of those precursors to winte...
- Chair of Lake Superior Commercial Fishing Board: “This is the strongest that I’ve ever seen this fishery”The Lake Superior fishery received some glowing words at the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board’s (NRB) Sept. 27 meeting. Craig Hoopman, chair of the Lake Supe...
- Tribal gill netting bad news for Michigan fisheriesSeveral years ago, I was fishing for walleyes on an inland lake with a well-seasoned guide (meaning he was probably 20 years older than me) and in casual conver...
- Outdoor News columnist Gretchen Steele joins Illinois’ Outdoor Hall of FamersThe hardest part about putting Gretchen Steele into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame is figuring out how to describe her when rattling off what has become a ra...
- Trout in autumn means it’s second streamer seasonThere’s something about a streamer strike. You’re attentively striping line to give the fly action, making it appear like a fleeing fish, when, suddenly, th...
- Rifles given OK for Illinois’ gun, youth huntsIllinois' “shotgun season” is no longer just that. Deer hunters will be able to use centerfire single-shot rifles during the two weekends of the 2023 ...
- Lovely time to be on a stream: Autumn fly fishing for trout is tough to beatBy autumn, most sportsmen from Pennsylvania and other states across the country are focused on the hunting seasons. This is especially true of deer hunters who ...
- Doves can humble even the best shots; here’s how to put more in your vestWith dove season open since early September in most states, many hunters are geared up for one of hunting’s most enjoyable pursuits – dove hunting. And, sin...
- Episode 455 – Federal duck stamp winner Chuck Black, an excellent Minnesota duck report, early bowhunting tactics with Tony Peterson, and flamingos in Wiscons...Minnesota waterfowlers are reporting one of the best openers in recent memory in 2023, and Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman break it all down. Then hardcore verti...
- Here are three observations taken from a first duck huntIt’s been more than 30 years since I enjoyed my first duck hunt, but I still remember many of the details. Hamlin County. A boat ride in the dark with my olde...
- Chronic wasting disease a growing threat for New YorkChronic Wasting Disease hasn’t been seen in New York State since 2005 but it has the potential of changing deer hunting forever. This always fatal disease, fo...
- Getting to the point of Michigan’s grouse and woodcock openerI’ve been reflecting lately on how our great sporting traditions – participating in certain pastimes with particular individuals on specific days or dates ...
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell studying Oneida Lake walleyesOneida Lake and its famed walleye fishery are among the most-studied and best-understood in the world. Now, the knowledge gleaned over the last six decades by C...