Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Sometimes the cold just comes with an outdoor adventureThe actual temperature was in the mid-teens and the wind chill took it into the single digits. It was cold! I found myself on the back patio, despite the ...
- Episode 64 — Sport show season in New YorkTim Andrus of Rush Outdoors and Outdoor News’ own Megan Plete Postal join to the podcast to talk about this year’s sport show season. Rush Outdoors is a big...
- North Dakota Game and Fish Director addresses the state’s hunting, fishing pictureHunting, fishing, trapping and conservation issues can change quickly with a nasty winter, disease and other influences that challenge the animals on the landsc...
- Wisconsin Warden Darren Kuhn returns to roots for deer openerDarren Kuhn, an administrative Wisconsin DNR conservation warden in the Green Bay area, was called upon to help a field warden with patrol on opening day of the...
- WI Daily Update: Forward-facing sonar continues to create a buzz at ice-fishing showsTim Lesmeister has been making the rounds to ice-fishing shows around the Upper Midwest and he’s noticed one thing in particular that is all the talk amongst ...
- Pittman-Robertson dollars dip for Minnesota; State audit of DNR use of federal dollars on WMAs expected in coming monthsAfter peaking at an all-time high of about $34.4 million two years ago, funds the state of Minnesota is eligible to receive from the federal Wildlife Restoratio...
- Oak Duke: A missed opportunity right as a New York deer season slips awayIt was going to be a textbook hunt on the final day of the 2024 New York State firearms deer season. My confidence was peaking. I’ve filled my share of tags o...
- Minnesota’s 2025 elk survey completed, and thermal imaging may help future countsAfter a year during which a lack of snow precluded the Minnesota DNR’s annual survey of northwestern elk, this year’s attempt went off without a hitch, stat...
- Streams of Thought: Too cold for ice fishing, and an update on vacancies within the Minnesota DNRAcross a crowded room at the DNR’s recent Roundtable, I spotted Scott’s signature cowboy hat and, beneath it, Scott himself. I meant to work my way toward t...
- Steve Sarley: Wildlife and ‘vigilantism’ not a wise combination – anywhereThank you all for putting up with my lengthy tale about the disappearing wild turkey flock here in my hometown of Wheaton, Ill. I enjoyed writing it and I was c...
- MN Daily Update: Forward-facing sonar continues to create a buzz at ice-fishing showsTim Lesmeister has been making the rounds to ice-fishing shows around the Upper Midwest and he’s noticed one thing in particular that is all the talk amongst ...
- Gretchen Steele: For outdoor folk, winter mayhem creates opportunityIt’s been a short bit since the great winter storm of 2025 hit southern Illinois, and frankly, we are still digging things out and dealing with its by-product...
- Winter Asian carp netting effort comes up empty on Minnesota waters of the MississippiAfter a team of commercial fishers spent the morning punching holes in the ice, feeding a seine through the holes, and using various sounds to drive fish toward...
- Without much fanfare, Dixon Lake in Minnesota’s Itasca County is good for panfish, walleyesThere’s an interesting and mostly undeveloped lake tucked deep into the Chippewa National Forest where, despite some solid angling opportunities, fishing pres...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarHere's a look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor ...