Outdoor News
Earlier this month
- Nebraska mountain lion spotted around Duluth, Minn.A radio-collared mountain lion caused a stir in northeastern Duluth on Wednesday, Dec. 3 as citizens reported sightings to local law enforcement and area school...
- Late-season whitetails require strategy; here’s how to fill your muzzleloader tagA typical deer hunt with a muzzleloader here in the Upper Midwest would involve slipping into the edge of a picked cornfield for an evening sit, on the promise ...
- Ohio’s gun hunters see an uptick in opening day killsIn spite of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) outbreak that plundered the deer herd in several southeast Ohio counties this summer, hunters still found en...
- Tom Venesky: Game, Fish merger for Pennsylvania agencies best done sooner than laterFor something that is the norm across the country, the idea of merging Pennsylvania’s game and fish agencies wouldn’t seem like a hard thing to do. But Penn...
- Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Jim Schott: ‘Be out there and experience it all’It’s interesting when a kid born and raised in southeast Ohio makes his mark on the marshes and wetlands of northwest Ohio. But, that’s the story for Jim Sc...
- Outdoor Insights: Is growing number of (smallish) northern pike a concern on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs?Ever wary of hammer-handle syndrome that wrecks quality fishing lakes, I called Greg Berg, DNR area fisheries supervisor for Mille Lacs, for some insight. The p...
- WI Daily Update: Today’s new muzzleloaders available to hunters are amazingDidn’t get a deer during the regular firearms season? Tim Lesmeister explains the amazing accuracy and ability of today’s new muzzleloaders. The post WI Dai...
- CWD continues slow, steady march nationwideIn North America, chronic wasting disease now exists in 36 states and five Canadian provinces. It only appeared in one new state in 2025, in southern Georgia’...
- Pennsylvania’s new turkey biologist sees plenty of potential for birds in Pa.Reina Tyl is happy to talk turkey again. In September, Tyl switched her role as the Pennsylvania Game Commission grouse and woodcock biologist to take over the ...
- Debbie Walters’ career climbs up the ladder of Ohio’s Division of WildlifeAs the number of my college classmates, former work mates, and other professional fisheries management peers join the ranks of the retired, one that continues t...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage Council names next executive directorDuring the Nov. 12 Minnesota Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council meeting, members approved a new executive director, Kristina Smitten, to take over the role t...
- MN Daily Update: Today’s new muzzleloaders available to hunters are amazingDidn’t get a deer during the regular firearms season? Tim Lesmeister explains the amazing accuracy and ability of today’s new muzzleloaders. The post MN Dai...
- Anglers enamored with Grindstone Lake’s winter trout-appeal in Minnesota’s Pine CountyGrindstone Lake isn’t just the most unique fishery in Pine County. It might be one of the most interesting lakes throughout the entire state of Minnesota. Loc...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar ...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Lots of injured animals to tend to for Prior Lake COMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesot...