Outdoor News
Earlier this week
- Paddling to your duck spot? Here are ways to be more successfulA drake wood duck blazed past me as I leaned against an old cottonwood tree that stood alongside a narrow slough in the Mississippi River bottoms of southeaster...
- Brad Heidel excited to ‘do great things for ducks and duck hunters’ as he takes reins of Wisconsin Waterfowl AssociationBrad Heidel, the new executive director of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), is excited to carry on the momentum retired WWA Executive Director Bruce Ross ...
- No need to dig really deep for bass in the early fallIf the vegetation is starting to color up but not yet showing fall’s brightest hues, it’s probably time for bass fishermen to use lures that range medium-de...
- Field day gives Wisconsin students a crash course on invasive speciesWisconsin’s 15,000 lakes are home to all sorts of critters, but not all are welcome and that’s what hundreds of elementary and middle school students found ...
- Jeffrey Frischkorn: Outdoor memories may get foggy, but they never fully fadeThe older we get, the more cluttered our mind’s memory box becomes. That trophy buck you shot five years ago was actually taken 10 years ago. And the photo of...
- Video: Adjustments lead to an early-October doe in MinnesotaEarly October is a great time during the archery season to take a doe where antlerless opportunities are available. That’s what Eric Morken set out to do over...
- Illinois trout stocking delayed until possibly HalloweenThe only luck a trout fishing die-hard will have when the season opens Oct. 18 will be to maybe land a carp dressed up for Halloween as a rainbow trout. That’...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Oct. 10, 2025Walleye, sauger bites reported on rivers, bass slowing. Here’s the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Oct. 10, 2025. The post Illinois’ statew...
- Adam Eisele wins WISCO Bass championship, AOY awardAdam Eisele, of Fort Atkinson, won the WISCO Bass Fishing Crown Championship Tournament Sept. 14, and for the fifth straight year was named the WISCO Angler of ...
- Episode 82: Rick Vladyka – The Involved ConservationistHost Dan Ladd sits down with Rick Vladyka, a man who works at so many levels to promote hunting, fishing and conservation in eastern New York and the entire sta...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet Oct. 22The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Madison. The public may attend or watch the meeting on the DNR’s YouTube chann...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2041On this week’s show, expert advice for mid-season bowhunting success. Florence County offers great fall colors now, along with outstanding hunting, fishing, a...
- New aviation fuel plant in Hayward, Wis., would bring market for the timber industryThe Forestry Revitalization Act, a bill introduced by state legislators recently, could result in Wisconsin becoming a global leader in the production of sustai...
- What can Wisconsin deer hunters expect in the 2025 season? Here’s a look at each regionWisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season will run Nov. 22-30. Before heading into the woods, hunters should know key regulatory changes and boundary adjustments. ...
- Ask a fisheries biologist: What represents a trophy fish in Wisconsin?Anglers have lively debates about what they consider a trophy fish, but fish biologists do not. This is because the American Fisheries Society has standard cuto...