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- Minnesota’s latest pheasant, turkey stamps chosenLakeville artist Stephen Hamrick won the Minnesota pheasant stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a pheasant. The winner was selected Oct. 2 from eight elig...
- Conservation champions Lessard, Anderson honored with new Minnesota Wildlife Management AreaSupporters gathered just a few steps from the banks of the Rainy River on Oct. 6 for a dedication ceremony to celebrate the new Lessard-Anderson Wildlife Manage...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: North Metro Ice Show comes to Ramsey, Oct. 25-26Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26. Tickets are $10 for those ages 16 to 54; $7 for those age 5 and ...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: It’s high time to bring back Minnesota’s bull moose huntReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: It’s high t...
- Minnesota pheasant opener largely typical with crops, heat playing a partFor the first few hours of last Saturday’s pheasant opener in Minnesota, Mother Nature smiled upon the state’s 50,000 or so blaze-orange-clad upland hunters...
- Hunting Tip of the Week: Preparation, planning meet luck on the deer standWe are getting close to the most fun couple of weeks to be in the deer stand. I like to start sitting after Oct. 25. Once I head to the woods, I will spend a lo...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 15, 2025Angler numbers drop, but walleye fishing is good. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 15, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statewide...
- Wisconsin archery hunting legend Art LaHa reshaped the image of bowhuntersI first became aware of LaHa’s booklet when I interviewed his daughter, Connie Ghiloni, and LaHa’s friend and hunting companion, Marge Engel, in 2008 in the...
- Austin Priest named ‘Officer of the Year’ as Illinois DNR honors CPOsIllinois Conservation Police Officer Austin Priest has been named DNR’s “Officer of the Year” for his “relentless enforcement of conservation laws and i...
- WI Daily Update: Some incredible facts about bird migrationsThe fall bird migration has many shades of complexity. Listen here for details. The post WI Daily Update: Some incredible facts about bird migrations appeared f...
- Rare bird species arrive for birding group gathering in New YorkThe purple gallinule was a nice touch. As birders from across New York flocked to Ithaca last month, the committee for this year’s New York State Ornithologic...
- Wisconsin hunter takes ‘bear of a lifetime’ in Rusk CountyThe right place at the right time. That’s where Kim Penney found herself on a recent black bear hunt in Rusk County, Wis. The Waupaca resident shot a male bea...
- MN Daily Update: Some incredible facts about bird migrationsThe fall bird migration has many shades of complexity. Listen here for details. The post MN Daily Update: Some incredible facts about bird migrations app...
- Gretchen Steele: October’s quiet magic now playing across IllinoisOctober doesn’t exactly arrive in southern Illinois – it drifts in, slow and sure, like the morning fog rising off the river bottoms. One week you’re stil...
- Don’t do damage to your new crossbow; here’s how to maintain itWith expanded crossbow hunting opportunities in New York, many hunters will be making the switch. But there are some things the hunter needs to know to maintain...