Outdoor News
Earlier this month
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Dec. 1 to Dec. 7Aries (March 21 – April 19) – The Ice Scout You charge ahead onto first ice like a Viking with a vexilar. Bold move, Aries — but the stars (and common sen...
- Austin farmer Tom Cotter receives this year’s Minnesota Leopold Conservation AwardTom Cotter of Austin is the recipient of the 2025 Minnesota Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners who go a...
- New road, great views at North Dakota’s Teddy Roosevelt parkShut down for more than six years, part of a scenic road loop in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park reopened Nov. 25, giving visitors a better op...
- Steve Carney: Store your boat properly, avoid spring headachesSadly, the open-water fishing season is over and it’s time to store our boats and accessories. We were fortunate to have warm weather through November that ke...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show starts FridayThe St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show kicks off Friday and continues through Sunday at St. Paul RiverCentre. The post Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Paul Ic...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: State land users should contribute more to the causeReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: State land use...
- Commentary: New report highlights big returns to communities, jobs from conservationInvestments to conserve, restore, and manage fish and wildlife pump billions into the economy, fueling jobs, powering the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation indus...
- Minnesota’s deer harvest surpasses state’s total from 2024; Wisconsin also ahead of last season’s paceWith a muzzleloader deer-hunting season that continues through Dec. 14, an archery season through Dec. 31, and a late “CWD season” for certain zones set for...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Respect others’ tranquility on the early iceFirst ice is exciting, but don’t be a dummy! Yes, I’ve been a dummy, but I’ve been getting a little wiser with age. And this year I’m down a couple of p...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Dec. 3, 2025It’s been a quick transition to ice fishing across the state. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on Dec. 3, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statewid...
- Keep it Clean grants awarded to Minnesota soil and water conservation districtsThe Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has awarded its one-time legislative $200,000 allotment to various soil and water conservation districts in the ...
- Prison butchering program helps with Ohio’s surplus deerIn a cooperative agreement signed on Sept. 24 between the Ohio DNR (ODNR) and the Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) at the Pickaway Correctional Institution, particip...
- Commentary: Diversity may kill us as hunters, anglers and trappers if we fight about our differencesHunting, trapping, and angling have a diversity problem. Not the kind you’re probably thinking but the sort on the bumper stickers I used to see as a kid: “...
- Ohioans create coloring book for young anglersThe Ohio-based Fishing Foundation has expanded its outreach to kids by adding a new publication in its continuing effort to introduce kids to the outdoors. The ...
- WI Daily Update: What’s leading to increasing bobcat numbers in the driftless region?As the so-called “Driftless” or bluff-country region in southeast Minnesota, southwest Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and northwest Illinois has seen increasing...