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- Steve Piatt: Move to paper licenses costs some New York huntersI’m trying not to let a sore back or the fact that I’ve yet to harvest a deer despite many days of serious effort affect my mood, and I don’t think it has...
- Gretchen Steele: Southern Illinois public lands in for big changes in ‘25It’s been a busy couple of weeks with announcements concerning some southern Illinois public lands. The first announcement we received was from DNR outlining ...
- Waiting for ice in New York this winter? Take advantage of this transitional time period for anglersIce might be slow to form again this winter in New York, but why spend the time waiting for that special time of year indoors?! Get out and fish! The last few y...
- Wisconsin NRB takes up Minocqua chain, Lake Superior fish rulesWisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) members approved an extension of the emergency rule to allow continued limited harvest of walleyes on the Minocqua Chain...
- WI Daily Update: A tip-up tip for big northern pikeTip-ups are a great way to catch big northern pike. Here’s a secret that one great ice angler uses to catch more pike in the winter. The post WI Daily Update:...
- Commentary: NRA, state of New York finally finalize lawsuits, so what was accomplished?Six years and an unimaginable amount of NRA member dollars later, the National Rifle Association and the state of New York have concluded their rancorous legal ...
- With budget surplus expected, Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage Fund has extra $7 millionBased on the November state forecast budget, the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council will end the year with more money to distribute than anticipated. The cou...
- Christine Thomas: Little cabin greens deck the halls in Plover, Wis.“I would really like to get the boughs and tree for the deck before the weather turns on us,” I told my husband Stan as we headed into the weekend before Wi...
- Fish biologists, charter school students tackle muskie, pike project on Wisconsin’s Spider LakeWhat do charter school students, Wisconsin DNR fish biologists, financial donors, muskies, and northern pike have in common? A new study taking place on Spider ...
- MN Daily Update: Finalized recovery plan for Canada lynxU.S. wildlife officials recently finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx. Here are more details. The post MN Daily Update: Finalized ...
- WI Daily Update: Finalized recovery plan for Canada lynxU.S. wildlife officials recently finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx. Here are more details. The post WI Daily Update: Finalized ...
- Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Dec. 24, 2024Here’s a look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on Dec. 24, 2024. The post Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Dec. 24, 2024 appeared first on...
- Minnesota muzzleloader harvest up 1% from 2023; and is there any concern with crossbow harvest?Hunters who took part in the Minnesota muzzleloader deer season that ran Nov. 30 through Dec. 15 saw somewhat similar success to what hunters had during the reg...
- Dean Bortz: Crop damage one corner of Wisconsin’s elk program needing attentionYears ago when a Jackson County resident and Conservation Congress delegate by the name of Al Jacobsen pushed hard for the Wisconsin DNR to establish an elk her...
- Patrick Durkin: CWD, sick deer, bones all common in SW WisconsinMike Purnell and his brother Lloyd concede they can’t find every carcass, skeleton or bone after deer die of chronic wasting disease on the family’s 700 acr...