Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- WI Daily Update: New wetland project in Brillion State Wildlife AreaThe administration of Gov. Tony Evers and Ducks Unlimited have announced a new wetland project in Brillion State Wildlife Area in Calumet County. Listen here fo...
- Dean Bortz: Taking a look at Lake Wisconsin’s angling secretsWhen Wisconsin DNR fisheries teams conduct comprehensive surveys on some of the state’s bigger waters the teams produce way more information than we can fit i...
- MN Daily Update: DNR expands its state parks library programThe Minnesota DNR announced that it is expanding its library pass program to provide more access to state parks and recreation areas. Listen here for more detai...
- New York Mixed Bag: DEC opens sponsored pheasant hunt host application processThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is currently accepting applications to host sponsored pheasant hunts, which are free, non-competitiv...
- New York Letters to the Editor: Hunting implements should not be refereed to as weaponsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 25, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News. The post New York Letters to the Editor: Hunting implem...
- Dan Ladd: New York’s potential crossbow changes raise questionsAssuming Gov. Kathy Hochul eventually signs New York’s crossbow bill into law, there’s a few questions that remain to be answered. First, is the timing of t...
- Lake Wisconsin a south-central fishing destinationA Wisconsin DNR fisheries team from Poynette ran a comprehensive survey on Lake Wisconsin in the spring and fall of 2023. Walleyes and saugers were abundant. Th...
- Nature Smart: The social woodchuckI always am surprised when I point out a common animal and people have never seen one or even heard of it. This happened several times this spring while running...
- Backyard and Beyond: Birds of summerSome young birds look like smaller versions of their parents, such as killdeer and chickadees. But in others the resemblance is so strained that parents and off...
- Wisconsin’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the July 25, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calenda...
- Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Hunter harassment case near BurnettWisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the DNR. These reports are from the July 25, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Cuffs & Collar...
- Ask a fisheries biologist: Has anyone seen a northern hog sucker?If you have paddled down a northern river and peered into the water to watch fish you have probably seen a hog sucker, but perhaps only once it moved. Hog sucke...
- $2 off admission to Game Fair for Outdoor News Subscribers 🔒Click here to get your $2 off admission coupon to Game Fair. Game Fair runs August 8, 9 and 10 and 15, 16, and 17. More details available here. The post $2 off ...
- Mike Raykovicz: A few summer fishing tipsDifferent features within waterbodies call for different tactics, so a full tackle box can come in handy at this time of year. (Photo courtesy of Mike Raykovicz...
- Bowfisherman shatters Michigan’s flathead catfish record with 64.46 pound fishWhile bowfishing recently in Monroe County, an angler from Newport, Mich., caught a new state-record fish: a flathead catfish weighing in at 64.46 pounds and me...