Outdoor News
Today
- Alliance promotes outdoors activities in Wisconsin’s Oconto CountyA coalition of sportsmen’s groups in Oconto County, Wis., is working together toward a common goal of introducing kids to the outdoors in a county that provid...
- Squirrel hunting is a stepping stone to outdoorsSquirrel season is here in Ohio and many other states, and frankly my son and I couldn’t be more excited. Sadly, though, you don’t see many people get...
- Stonecats are the best river bass bait out thereLegendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, tragically, is dead, but I know how I’m going to honor his memory this fall. I’ll press in my earbuds, put on “Ironman,”...
- Wisconsin loses conservationists Carl Batha, Carol MurphyWisconsin lost two hard-working conservationists in August, as Carl Batha, 78, and Carol Murphy, 64, passed away. Batha, of Platteville, retired from the Depart...
Yesterday
- Story of students processing a bear on Cornell University campus goes viralThe story of two Cornell University students butchering a legally-harvested bear in their college dorm kitchen has gone viral, garnering national headlines. Alt...
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Flipping out for water change fishing in New York’s Niagara RiverWhen the winds of change blow on the Great Lakes, water is moved around – having a profound impact on where fish want to be. It was over 40 years ago when I f...
- Illinois archers anticipating another good deer season; is a harvest record within reach?Bow season opens on a Wednesday, making it fairly easy to predict a Day 1 harvest of 650 to 750 deer – give or take a hundred or so. It’s a simple forecast ...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025Early signs of late summer, early fall crappie action. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing ...
- Wisconsin’s fall duck, goose outlook again on bright sideSpring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about t...
- Special wildlife council meeting planned to discuss outbreak of EHD in southeast OhioThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife announced that the Ohio Wildlife Council will convene in Athens on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. for a special meet...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board meeting Sept. 24 in MadisonThe Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2037We focus on hunting this week. Archery deer season opens in Wisconsin Sept. 13, along with northern zone grouse and rabbit. JC Chamberlin discusses early bow se...
- Episode 80 — Dr. Keith Tidball, New York State Conservation CouncilFresh off their Fall Convention in the Adirondacks, NYS Conservation Council President Dr. Keith Tidball joins the podcast to discuss the event, which featured ...
- Wisconsin state campgrounds lacking ‘camper cabins’While Wisconsin has 10 state-owned campground cabins that may be rented by people with disabilities, there are no “camper cabins” available for rent by the ...
- New era begins for New York crossbow huntersUpon Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signing crossbow expansion into law, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wasted no time communicating new cro...