Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Ohio’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the Feb. 14, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar appeared...
- Mainland ice on Ohio’s Lake Erie likely finished, islands still a go for nowIn an ever-changing ice fishing scenario, many anglers who were on a hair trigger awaiting the now more uncommon opportunity to get onto Lake Erie’s ice may h...
- Details of case show text messages from Alexander among the suspect’s undoing after poaching giant Ohio buckDetailed text messages and a widely-circulated photo proved to be the undoing of Christopher “C.J.” Alexander in a landmark deer poaching case. Alexander, 2...
- Artists encouraged to enter Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp competitionThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting submissions for the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp competition taking place between Saturday, Feb. 1 through ...
- Ohio Mixed Bag: Wyandot County named top PF/QF chapterWyandot County PF/QF’s efforts are funded entirely by the group’s annual banquet fundraiser. This year, the event will be held on March 1 at the Wyandot Cou...
- Michigan legislation would require COs to use body cameras, search warrantsState representatives Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) and Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River) have introduced two bills that would affect the way the Michigan DNR’s Law E...
- MN Daily Update: DNR releases preliminary deer harvest report from 2024The Minnesota DNR released its preliminary 2024 deer harvest report that shows a higher harvest from the prior year. Listen here for the details. The post MN Da...
- New York Reader Stories: Teaching kids how to hunt is a father’s gift“You’d better get up here! The deer are running stupid.” If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard it a hundred times. From the third week in October till t...
- WI Daily Update: More opportunities for bear hunters this coming seasonThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a 6% increase in the black bear harvest quota and a 14% increase in licenses from 2024 for the 2025 fall season. ...
- Ohio fisheries chief looking forward to angling retirementWhen Scott Hale retired in December as the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s (DOW) executive administrator of fish management, he could look back on 40 years of...
- Pennsylvania pair face charges for chasing fox with snowmobilesA Lebanon County man and a juvenile who admitted to harassing and trying to hit a red fox while on snowmobiles in Heidelberg Township Jan. 20 face multiple char...
- Public invited to comment on oil and gas project beneath Ohio’s Zepernick Wildlife AreaThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting public comments until Thursday, Feb. 13, on a proposed oil and gas project beneath Zepernick Wildlife Area...
- Ohio Letters to the Editor: More words on deer baiting and turkey hunting in northeast Ohio and beyondReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 14, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News. The post Ohio Letters to the Editor: More words on deer bai...
- Ohio Insider: Ohio hunter’s passion for the woods still burns at 98I was reminded recently of a column I wrote several years back about George Stitz, a fine gentleman hunter who, like the Energizer bunny, is still going at the ...
- Lake Nessmuk is a great little lake for ’gills, ’seeds in Pennsylvania’s Tioga CountyEven if you go slowly, you probably can walk the circumference of Lake Nessmuk in under 15 minutes. At only 60 acres, this somewhat oval-shaped impoundment in T...