Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- There’s something about an old rowboat that’s hard to quitIt’s been a bit over 45 years ago when I first heard Joe was selling his old aluminum rowboat. I was instantly interested in purchasing it, though at the time...
- Part one of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River”Editor's note: For subscribers searching for some leisurely reading during the long days of summer, Outdoor News is reprinting a seminal piece of American liter...
- Problem bear complaints higher in Michigan’s U.P. this springAn adult male black bear estimated to weigh at least 300 pounds, based on the size of its tracks, killed five sheep last month and injured a sixth one so badly ...
- Ryan Rothstein: Looking to burn? Here’s what you need to knowIn my May 30 column, I made the case for fire being a critically underutilized tool when it comes to whitetail habitat management, particularly on private lands...
- Wisconsin Wardens are Work: Ben Mott works public/private land conflict in Waushara CountyA private landowner and deer hunter was impressed when a Wisconsin DNR game warden, Ben Mott in Waushara County, took the time to work through an incident durin...
- Reload your own straight-wall cartridgesIt has been said that straight-walled cartridges can be a challenge to reload. I have experienced no reason to feel this way. I enjoy reloading them more than s...
- Oak Duke: Desperately seeking the right trout waterNothing quite like the feeling of having a good fish on. But was it a fluke?, No pun intended. Who wants to catch just one fish? Sometimes trout will hit a fly,...
- Steve Sarley: We all started with live bait; some of us still tinkerI started fishing with live bait. Didn’t we all? I recall picking fat, wiggly nightcrawlers off of my family’s driveway after a rain. Nothing better than fr...
- Michigan DNR says Lake Erie walleyes in ‘sweet spot’The walleye fishery in Lake Erie is in “excellent shape” and should continue to provide fantastic fishing for the foreseeable future. Perch fishing also rem...
- Michigan’s statewide fishing report on June 13, 2025Bass, walleye, salmon or trout? Take your pick! Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing report on June 13, 2025. The post Michigan’s statewide fishing report ...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2024Lake Michigan charter captains head offshore for mixed-bag trout and salmon action. Florence County celebrates 60 years of the Wisconsin Wild Rivers Act. Learn ...
- Episode 544 – Capitol wrap-up, new boating permits required, Lake Detective, BWCA temporary reprieveManaging Editor Rob Drieslein and Staff Writer Natalie Ryder begin the program with her recapping the special session and how issues like the shotgun zone and c...
- Student-athletes compete in largest youth trap shooting championship in IowaAthletes from 118 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, from June 2-8, for the 2025 Scholastic Clay Targ...
- Outdoor groups condemn Senate proposal to sell up to 3 million public acres across 11 western statesOutdoor organizations on Wednesday, June 11, rebuked a provision in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s reconciliation proposal that would man...
- Iowa project will track juvenile movements of threatened turtle speciesA central Iowa wetland is now home to 32 young Blanding’s turtles that were released Wednesday as part of a joint project to give the threatened species a jum...