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- Corrections made as Wisconsin’s final 2025-26 deer season map releasedThe Natural Resources Board (NRB) corrected an error in the 2025 Wisconsin deer season framework map for Green and Pierce counties, which does not change the se...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: DNR should explain why Wisconsin Trappers Association didn’t get seat on wolf groupReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 22, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: DNR should e...
- Why such a love for dove hunting? The reasons are manyI couldn’t believe my eyes. Neither could my young, spry, and overly eager black Lab, whose long, powerful tail was fanning the matted grass next to me l...
- MN Daily Update: Lake Alice disappears due to dike failureLake Alice, a man-made body of water in William O’Brien State Park, disappeared last weekend as a result of a dike failure. The post MN Daily Update: Lake Ali...
- Challenges facing lesser scaup show restoration needs in Pool 19 of the Mississippi RiverPool 19 of the Mississippi River has long been a refueling stop for diving ducks migrating up and down the portion of the Flyway that touches Illinois and neigh...
- WI Daily Update: Bonus antlerless deer harvest authorizations on sale Aug. 18The Wisconsin DNR announced that 2025 bonus antlerless deer harvest authorizations will go on sale on Monday, Aug. 18. Listen here for details. The post WI Dail...
- Commentary: Waiting for responsible Wisconsin wolf management? Don’t hold your breathI understand the frustration expressed by Mr. Prudlick in the Aug. 8 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News about why the Wisconsin Trappers Association was not “gra...
- Patience is a virtue in the squirrel gameCome September, I wanted to go hunting more than anything else. Getting a license at age 10, I hunted every week. Squirrel season opened first, and lasted until...
- Wisconsin wealthy in county, state, national forestsTrees may be just greenery as part of the scenery to some people, but Ron Weber extols the values of forests for recreation, wildlife habitat, watershed protect...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Bonus antlerless deer ‘tags’ on sale Aug. 18Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2025 gun deer season will go on sale online through the DNR’s Go Wild system and at license sales locations st...
- Commentary: Examining the need for Minnesota DNR transparency in WMA, AMA forest habitat managementOn July 30, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Inspector General Office (OIG) released a federal aid Final Audit Report examining DNR’s use of Pittman-Ro...
- A quick chat with NRA president Bill BachenbergOn April 28, at its 154th annual meeting, the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America elected Bill Bachenberg of Pennsylvania as preside...
- Try using subtle baits boldly for late-summer bassAmong my fondest fishing memories are late summer days catching bass on some of Pennsylvania’s clearest waters. Keystone Power Dam and East Branch Dam are sti...
- Tom Venesky: Targeting archery’s impact on turkeys in PennsylvaniaLast season, more bucks were taken by archery hunters than those hunting with a rifle in Pennsylvania. It was the first time such a thing ever happened, but it ...
- State Roundup: Record level of interest in hunting bears in WisconsinThe Wisconsin black bear season opens Wednesday, Sept. 3 in all six zones, but with hound hunters opening ahead of bait-sitters in zones A, B and D. In zones C,...