Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board meeting Jan. 22The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in public meeting room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Web...
- Good news for Wisconsin sturgeon spearers: Lake Winnebago ’bloodworm’ densities highest since 2019If the success of Wisconsin’s annual Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season depends on the strength of a “three-legged stool” that supports the se...
- Wisconsin bear quota, deer unit map going to the Natural Resources BoardThe Wisconsin DNR’s Randy Johnson will ask Natural Resources Board (NRB) members to approve an increase in the black bear harvest quota and kill tag levels fo...
- Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on Jan. 17, 2025Most lake areas seeing best ice travel in many years. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report from across the state on Jan. 17, 2025. The post Wisconsin...
- WI Daily Update: Maggots for walleyes?Tim Lesmeister and freshwater fishing hall of famer Dave Genz came upon a surprise school of walleyes while fishing crappies. Here’s what Genz did to catch th...
- Commentary: USFWS denies Sportsmen’s Alliance petitions on wolvesOn Jan. 7, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation received “not-warranted” findings as a politically-motivated farewell folly from the Biden administration o...
- North Dakota summit tackles habitat loss, hunting accessMore than 200 hunters, anglers, landowners, legislators, local business owners, and state biologists attended the Habitat and Hunting Access Summit at Bismarck ...
- Mike Schoonveld: Sea lamprey in the Great Lakes benefited from COVID shut downMuch of the world changed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still living in its aftermath and will be for the foreseeable future. Decades ago, much of the...
- Sportsman profile: Family volunteers focus of master watershed steward in Susquehanna County, Pa.Volunteering as a Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward has enabled Tim Matthews to combine his skills and interests and engage with his community to de...
- PFAS soil treatment plan raises concerns in New York with Wildlife Management Area close byAn upstate company’s proposal to use an experimental process to try to clean chemical-laden soil has prompted opposition that focuses on the potential environ...
- MN Daily Update: Maggots for walleyes?Tim Lesmeister and freshwater fishing hall of famer Dave Genz came upon a surprise school of walleyes while fishing crappies. Here’s what Genz did to catch th...
- Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania Game Commission committee a good idea, but timing is offThe recently formed Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners’ Wildlife Management Committee makes sense, but the timing could be better. As for the committee ...
- Get the jump on cunning coyotes this winterOnce the deer seasons are over, I used to only focus my attention on hunting rabbits and ice fishing. That was until I tried hunting coyotes. Now, even though t...
- Episode 523 – Minnesota DNR Roundtable roundup, MN deer plan, ice update, live sonar talkRob Drieslein and Tim Spielman recap the highlights from the 2025 DNR Roundtable event held last Friday. Top topics include agency funding and new DNR Wildlife ...
- Pheasant farm, gun ranges, crossbows garner some early attention as New York Legislature convenes in AlbanyThe New York State Legislature convened for the first time this year on Jan. 8, beginning a session that will continue through June 12. In the ensuing months, n...