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- Troubles with Minnesota’s shrinking duck habitat have led to slow hunting, may require controversial solutionsLike many other Minnesota waterfowlers, I monitor several of the Midwest’s waterfowling social-media pages. This year, even more so than any other year I can ...
- Inseparable: Minnesota’s Bill Berg and the sharptail connectionAt age 85, Bill Berg’s conservation fire still burns white-hot. The retired and respected wildlife research biologist from Knife River still has today a passi...
- Weather variables greet opening day hunters in New York’s Southern ZoneUnlike 2024, which featured balmy conditions for New York’s annual mid-November regular season opening day in the Southern Zone for big game, 2025 was a diffe...
- Health challenge won’t stop this Wisconsin bear hunterWhen Fort Atkinson resident Lisa Purucker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 13 years ago, it disrupted nearly every aspect of her life. She hasn’t le...
- Wisconsin NRB, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection hone in on multiple shared effortsFor the first time since 2004, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) held a joint meeting with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protectio...
- Mike Schoonveld: Rearing ponds giving Great Lakes’ whitefish a chanceThe last living passenger pigeon hatched in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. Her parents had been born in the wild and put in the zoo for noble reasons. The tho...
- Bob Gwizdz: Should protected slot limits on northern pike be expanded to more Michigan lakes?The problem with autumn is there isn’t enough of it. So much to do, so few days. Many (most?) of us are so preoccupied with hunting seasons that we forget abo...
- Episode 567 – MN deer license data, Wisconsin opener, turkey talk, new fishing equipment rulesTop topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season and license sales recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Patric...
- Steve Pollick: Extending the tradition of deer camp relies on ‘old, middle and new bucks’Deer Camp. For a hunting clan, it is the central event of the year, a tradition to be observed and savored above all, no apologies to Thanksgiving or Christmas....
- Minnesota DNR sets winter regulations on Lake Mille Lacs, keeping walleye limit at threeThe Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced on Thursday that the walleye limit for the ice fishing season on Lake Mille Lacs will remain at three fi...
- New York’s fishing and hunting report on Nov. 20, 2025Hunting is where many are investing their time. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on Nov. 20, 2025. The post New York’s fishing and h...
- Episode 85 — Adirondack Deer Camp Part 2In the second of a two-part series, former hunting and fishing guide Joe Eggleston shares stories from his days spent deer hunting and brook trout fishing in th...
- Mike Raykovicz: Thoughts on another New York firearms deer seasonHere we are, heading for late November, and the firearms season has just begun throughout most of the state. With thousands of New York hunters searching for de...
- Jeff Frischkorn: Slowing down, but still a waterfowler at heartAt heart, really, I’m a waterfowler. And have been for nigh unto some 59 years. I don’t own a marsh or belong to an exclusive duck-hunting club. Neith...
- Steve Pollick: First skiff of snow signals bird feeding should beginThe first skiffs of snow painted Froggy Bottom with white highlights on Nov. 10, then Froggy Pond iced over for the first time this season on Nov. 11. Nature’...