Outdoor News
Yesterday
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Shotgun zone elimination bill in state House exempts Olmsted, Dodge countiesOn Tuesday. April 1, the House Environment and Natural Resource Finance and Policy Committee laid over, for potential inclusion in an omnibus bill, H.F. 623, th...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Crossbows are good for the sportReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Crossbows ar...
- Minnesota’s April trout opener creates a buzz in the southeastThe traditional April stream trout “harvest” opener – April 12 this year – will never have the pomp and circumstance and mass appeal of Minnesota’s Ma...
Earlier this week
- Minnesota budget plan cuts one-third of payments in lieu of taxesLooking down the barrel of an even larger budget deficit than originally projected in the fall of 2024, Gov. Tim Walz revised his initial budget proposal by car...
- Interesting in bow hunting? Register for Iowa’s Learn to Hunt programThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a six-month workshop to teach skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook white-tailed deer to indivi...
- Iowa DNR’s annual spring wildlife spotlight survey underwayStaff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting ...
- Heidecke Lake in Grundy County remains most likely to hold record muskie in IllinoisThe former cooling lake located between Illinois Route 47 and Interstate 55 on Lorenzo/Pine Bluff Road certainly has more than muskies to attract anglers, as la...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar a...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Angler in ‘bass buggy’ needed a PFD and a licenseIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illi...
- Outdoors groups file suit against USFWS over ‘blanket rule’ under Endangered Species ActTwo national conservation groups have filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over what they call a “blanket rule that hinders habitat restorati...
- National Deer Association begins deer processor, donation mapThe purpose of a new map developed by the National Deer Association is to help processors stay in business by connecting them with more local deer hunters. Now ...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Spring trout season opens April 5 at 58 sitesThe Illinois Catchable Trout Program receives funding support by those who use the program through the sale of inland trout stamps. DNR stocks more than 80,000 ...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Technology? Fishing isn’t meant to be a ‘walk in the park’Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Technology? Fi...
- Ralph Loos: Agreement to transfer ownership of Shabbona Recreation Area deals a bad hand to Illinois anglers and huntersPeople in Illinois who don’t fish or hunt aren’t likely to be as disturbed as the rest of us about the state handing over Shabbona Lake State Recreation Are...
- Avoid these mistakes that trainers often make with new hunting dogsSpringtime is puppy time, and plenty of folks will find themselves with a fresh, four-legged recruit. The excitement of having a new hunting partner, and the pr...