Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- MN Daily Update: Report your elk sightingsThe Minnesota DNR is flying elk surveys in the northwestern portion of the state, and the public can help document elk observations using a new elk-sightings to...
- WI Daily Update: The DNR has a new leaderDr. Karen Hyun, of Madison, has accepted an invitation from Gov. Tony Evers to serve as the next secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Lis...
- Dan Ladd: New York legislature should move on crossbows in 2025The 2025 legislative session is coming and after years of discussion, New York lawmakers should consider the hunting community, the Department of Environmental ...
- Wisconsin’s sport show season kicks off in JanuaryOutdoors lovers – whether walking the aisles at sport shows for decades or are considering checking one out for the first time – can chase their passions in...
- Wisconsin Reader Stories: A heart scare is the wrong kind of excitement in the deer woodsSometimes men are foolish. In November I was one of those foolish men. This isn’t your typical deer hunting story. There’s no big buck or hardly any deer in...
- Make time to get youth into the outdoors this yearFish, fish, fish. For several summers, that’s about all my son and I did. Mornings and evenings and weekends, we’d be on the water, chasing bass. He’d ask...
- State Roundup: Wisconsin Outdoor News readers respond to Bortz’s callI wasn’t sure what to expect when I asked readers to check in here at the Wisconsin Outdoor News world headquarters if they’ve been reading the paper f...
- WI Daily Update: Take advantage of the state’s winter catch-and-release trout seasonWisconsin’s inland trout early catch-and-release season is underway. Here are the details and some tips for this cold-water opportunity. The post WI Daily Upd...
- Wisconsin Natural Resources Board reviews possible fish, wildlife rule changesThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved statements of scope to start the process of drafting new hunting and fishing regulation questions to be pre...
- Rarely documented flying squirrel caught on camera in IllinoisA University of Illinois student researcher identified a southern flying squirrel in a university natural area. While the species is native to Illinois, this wa...
- Here’s how to keep your hunting dog’s paws in top shape during off-season exerciseUnless you’re game to head out of state, most of the bird-hunting opportunities in Minnesota have come to a close. Adventurous souls with the time and money c...
- Ice or no ice, Michigan’s Saginaw Bay boasts good winter fishingI’m not sure if I ever fished open water for walleyes in January. I know I fished in Lake Erie several times in late December. I fished the Saginaw River in D...
- ‘Hunting’ with a camera in the offseason can make you a better hunter overallSo, I know you’re asking yourself, why is wildlife photography being featured in a publication targeted at hunters? Well, the answer is quite simple. You canâ...
- State record saugeye earns ‘fish of the year’ from IllinoisIllinois fishermen begin 2025 the same way they begin most years – confident this will be the year someone finally catches a largemouth bass that tops the mos...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025Panfish dominating winter fishing scene so far in ’25. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing ...