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- Wisconsin 11-year-old shoots ‘buck of lifetime’Eleven-year-old Levi Weber learned from his father as a wee lad that “the chores need to be done before you can play.” On Saturday, Oct. 11, during Wisconsi...
- Illinois waterfowl seasons, zone lines face reset, drawing concern from some huntersIllinois wildlife managers have shared plans to ditch the fourth waterfowl hunting zone starting next year and return to a three-zone format. A split season is ...
- Steve Griffin: Plenty of warnings exist in the outdoors; is it real risk or an emotional response?I remember, hunkered down next to the basement laundry tub, cleaning game with my dad after a Saturday morning hunt: a couple of woodcock, a grouse, a cottontai...
- New York DEC’s K9 Unit back to full strength as three K9s, handlers complete training courseIn October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Law Enforcement continued its commitment to the K9 program, as three new...
- Sometimes, a break from the deer-hunting grind is necessaryThings do not always work out like you plan. A lot of times, you envision a particular outcome to an event and it ends up turning out quite differently, sometim...
- Sick of hunting crowds? Here’s how to have some waterfowl to yourselfThere is a near-constant refrain in the hunting world these days, and it goes something like this: “There are too many people out here.” You’ll hear that ...
- Wisconsin 8-year-old tags 524-pound bearA young hunter from Luck continued a family tradition by punching his black bear tag with a 500-plus-pound bruin. Rhett Swenson, 8, a third-generation bear hunt...
- Here’s how to make small deer drives in big timberOur hunting crew, the Iron Sight Gang, had some serious plans for the Saturday before Thanksgiving. What is typically a productive time in the woods for us woul...
- Pennsylvania reader stories: A father’s hunting rifle returns to his favorite spotForty years tend to cloud one’s memory but it had to be 1984. That was the year I was raising three boys, my wife was pregnant with our daughter. I was workin...
- Browning Auto-5 helped shape the future of the firearm industryGrowing up in northwest Ohio, I looked at what the adult hunters carried, often it said something about how serious they were. If you had the means, or if you s...
- Bob Gwizdz: Michigan’s proposed spring turkey regulation changes make senseThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recommended some of the most significant changes to spring turkey season since almost ever. The Natural Resourc...
- Fine tune your straight-walled cartridges for better accuracy this deer seasonMy confidence in handloading straight-walled cartridges does not shield me from the occasions when I expect results sooner. If load development is slow in comin...
- Commentary: What does science say about population effects of lead in wildlife?Concerns over the effects of spent lead ammunition prompted federal resource agencies in the United States and Canada to phase in a ban on lead shot shell ammo ...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar ap...
- Nebraska angler lands Iowa record blue catfishThe Iowa DNR confirmed a new state record blue catfish was caught this month. The fish, which weighed 105 pounds and was 60 inches long, was reeled in by Nebras...