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- Tammy Miller earns Illinois Outdoor News’ Person of the Year honor after pushing for public landsAll the twists and turns and trips and tricks navigated by Tammy Miller over her nearly three decades with the DNR were the result of a particular skill learned...
- Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin native Gretchen James helped form world-class archersWautoma’s Carole Clark was a four-time All-America archer at Arizona State University (1977-80), but the Sun Devil Hall of Famer might not have realized her O...
- Rain puts a damper on Ohio turkey hunting as harvest ticks down a bitIt rained hard on the Northeast Ohio Zone turkey hunters’ parade opening weekend and continued to dampen the season’s first several days as well. And the ra...
- Oak Duke: Dealing with bully jakesThe gobbler was working his way in. Finally! It had been tough out there that particular spring with not much gobbling. But you never know when turkey hunting. ...
- Gretchen Steele: A first cast often means forever hookedThere’s something timeless and softly strong about taking a child fishing for the first time. It doesn’t require a fancy boat, expensive equipment, or even ...
- Study shows Native Americans’ forest burning increased fire-tolerant trees such as oaksA debate continues among scientists over whether tree composition in forests in eastern North American historically have been influenced more by climate or by c...
- Duck regulations feature some tweaks for Ohio’s 2025 hunting seasonWaterfowl hunters in Ohio this fall will be allowed to have more pintails in the daily duck bag than at any time in recent memory. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se...
- Ohio’s statewide fishing report on May 15, 2025Waters receding after big rains, fish bite turns on. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report across the state on May 15, 2025. The post Ohio’s statewide fi...
- Partnership leads to stocked trout in Pennsylvania’s Venango CountyThe Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission on May 2 partnered with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to stock 1,500 trout into Oil Creek around the...
- Spongy moths in the crosshairs on Pennsylvania’s public landsMore than two dozen state parks, forests and game lands in Pennsylvania are being sprayed this month as part of an ongoing effort to combat spongy – formerly ...
- Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on May 15, 2025Crappie catching, bass busting, trout taking going well. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on May 15, 2025. The post Pennsylvania’s statewide...
- Here’s how to work the often overlooked but highly effective free rigAs we prepare to kick off our 2025 bass fishing season in New York, thoughts go to tackle, baits, and locations we’ll likely target for our first bass fishing...
- Dean Bortz: Some information on Wisconsin’s new deer units, wolf committeeAfter a quick check with our reporters who attended CDAC meetings, CDAC members and DNR personnel, it sounds as though the proposal for new numbered deer units ...
- MN Daily Update: What’s working for walleye anglers on the Mississippi River right nowThe Mississippi River is on fire right now in Wisconsin and Minnesota as anglers target walleyes that are in a transitional period. Listen here for what’s wor...
- Streams of Thought: The sprint to the end of Minnesota’s legislative session is onWith nearly the palpable anticipation of its followers, the 2025 Minnesota legislative session is nearing its end. And I must say, I haven’t seen this much dr...