Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Mike Raykovicz: Looking into the push to kill barred owls to protect spotted owls in OregonAs a turkey hunter, I never get tired of hearing the early morning hoot of a barred owl. It’s even more fun when two or more of them hoot to each other. ...
- Coalition to Protect Wisconsin Lakes now includes 65 groupsThe number of groups now working together on wake boat issues has now reached 65 of various backgrounds across Wisconsin. Lake and river groups are standing sho...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Man, 61, dies after falling through Pewaukee Lake iceA 61-year-old man died the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 25, after falling through the ice on a UTV on Pewaukee Lake, according to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany will attempt again to get timber wolves delistedU.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) will make another run at removing timber wolves from the federal Endangered Species List beginning this week. That’s the word c...
- Wisconsin DNR ups bear quota, number of kill tagsThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a 6% increase in the black bear harvest quota and a 14% increase in licenses from 2024 for the 2025 fall se...
- Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 31, 2025Ice conditions and lake access the best in a long time. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report on Jan. 31, 2025. The post Wisconsin’s statewide fishi...
- WI Daily Update: A tip-down setup for more northern pikeTim Lesmeister is catching a lot more northern pike utilizing tip-downs after he moved to a specific setup. Here’s what he did. The post WI Daily Update: A ti...
- Nonresident hunters and anglers are a revenue boon to South Dakota, and some are about to pay moreSouth Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department’s Wildlife Division has released year-to-date data on hunting and fishing license sales, and one thing is cle...
- Ben Moyer: Will winter-kill of whitetails return to Pennsylvania this year?The complexity of managing white-tailed deer in today’s world has become apparent to all stakeholders. But deer management may be about to become even more co...
- Man pleads guilty to poaching popular buck known as ‘King Louie’ in New YorkA Montgomery County man faces over $3,000 in fines and court fees after pleading guilty to four charges connected to an early December poaching incident of a po...
- Episode 525 – Land Tawney returns to conservation scene, CWD updates, meet Natalie RyderRob Drieslein and Tim Spielman launch the show talking about legislation taking another run at allowing rifles statewide for Minnesota deer hunting. Also, there...
- MN Daily Update: A tip-down setup for more northern pikeTim Lesmeister is catching a lot more northern pike utilizing tip-downs after he moved to a specific setup. Here’s what he did. The post MN Daily Update: A ti...
- Outdoor Insights: A special muskie regulation on Minnesota’s Leech Lake?Leech Lake and its muskies have become ground zero in debate about forward-facing sonar and whether new regulations could protect big fish later into summer. A ...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania readers not fans of recent story that ranWhen we needed a filler story last issue, I chose the piece about “Buzzard man” in Ohio, who has killed 12,000 groundhogs, even though the story made me fee...
- Steve Pollick: Baiting issue for deer a hot topic right now in OhioThat “baiting thing” in Ohio deer hunting has resurfaced as hot-stove league fare this post-season, and it prompts sharing some perspectives from the past 7...