Hunting News
Before 2025
- MN Daily Update: Pheasant counts up in heart of state’s rangeGood news for Minnesota hunters in the heart of the pheasant range. Here’s what to know. The post MN Daily Update: Pheasant counts up in heart of state’s ra...
- Streams of Thought: Keep your hunting dogs safe this seasonWhen they told me that my pup, Liza, would slow down a bit after having pups last spring, I believed them. They, of course, were wrong. I think she found a new,...
- Commentary: Exploring the connection between invasives and climate changeHere are two largely accepted premises. • First, most conservationists and environmentalists will agree that climate change is a threat to fish, wildlife, and...
- National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio names marsh in honor of John GradelIn a poignant ceremony led by Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Manager Jason Lewis, a sign was unveiled along one of the wetland cells in the Cedar Point Nationa...
- Montana artist Chuck Black wins 2023 Federal Duck Stamp Art ContestAfter two days of competition, Chuck Black of Belgrade, Mont., emerged as the winner of the 2023 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an oil painting of a northe...
- Carp eDNA finding from Michigan a reminder that Illinois isn’t fighting soloExpectations have been that if – or when – an invasive carp enters Lake Michigan, that fish will have swam up from the waters of Illinois. That notion has r...
- New York’s Northern Zone bowhunters can expect a strong mast crop when deer season opens Sept. 27Deer season in the Northern Zone officially gets under way with the opening of the early archery season on Sept. 27. And state wildlife officials are confident ...
- To enjoy Pennsylvania’s herd more, boost your elk IQObservant outdoors folks have already noticed wine-red gum leaves and Virginia creeper’s scarlet bursts in the woods. In Pennsylvania, that means elk watchers...
- Mid-season Doves: Here’s what to do as the hunting pressure picks upThe work begins as the birds are on to me, no longer flying low where they once did. Not dropping in to the decoys without hesitation. So it goes with each pass...
- Field first-aid for hunting dogs: Here’s how to be preparedYou’ve planned the trip for months and are finally hunting. You haven’t been afield an hour when the dog comes limping back to you, or blood is gushing out ...
- Vision of the Howard K. Vincent Waterfowl Production Area comes into focus at official dedicationSeptember 14 highlighted teamwork across borders between conservationists in both Minnesota and Iowa with the formal dedication of the Howard K. Vincent Waterfo...
- Changes to Illinois’ bow season have upsideMore crossbows, larger harvests and the potential addition of new counties to a special restricted archery zone designed to bolster the herd. Bowhunting in Illi...
- What does Wisconsin’s Deer Management Assistance Program look like after 10 years?The Wisconsin DNR’S Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP), the brainchild of Texan Dr. James Kroll, received rave reviews from landowners as its 10th anni...
- The arrival of 2023 hunting seasons is worth celebratingJoe Robison is one of the most dedicated, knowledgeable waterfowl hunters I have ever met. So when he invited me to join him for the waterfowl – goose and ear...
- Pheasant season on tap in New York: DEC recovers from March Avian Flu outbreak at Reynolds Game FarmPheasant hunters across New York are gearing up for a fall hunting season that just a few months ago remained questionable regarding if it would happen or not.&...