Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Ben Moyer: A treasured (but illegal?) text alerting me to a buck’s locationHopefully, in our age of instantaneous communication, all hunters understand it’s illegal to use a cellphone or electronic device as an aid in the taking of g...
- Wild deer tests positive for CWD in Michigan’s Mecosta County for the first timeMecosta is now the 14th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of N...
- Mike Raykovicz: How to pick the right hunting bootEvery hunter needs a good pair of hunting boots but to have happy feet they must have certain features and they can’t fail to keep feet dry. Mine did. I have ...
- Anglers come together to catch walleyes of Union Lake in Minnesota’s Polk CountyThere aren’t many public lakes in south-central Polk County, so anglers take what they can get in the immediate area. They have it pretty good with Union Lake...
- Get your trophy scored, win some prizes at the 2025 Minnesota Deer & Turkey ClassicBe a part of Minnesota whitetail deer hunting history and include your trophy in the biggest display of state bucks in one place. If you took a mount-worthy buc...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Jan. 17, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calenda...
- Minnesotans fish free with youth Jan. 18-20Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend is this weekend, Saturday, Jan. 18, through Monday, Jan. 20. The post Minnesotans fish free with youth Jan. 18-20 appeared first ...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Pressure ridges popping up on state watersMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 17, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnes...
- Steve Carney: Catching a thief, and some tasty fish soupI was astonished when I filleted a 16-inch walleye and out poured nine minnow heads, which the fish had managed to pluck from my jigging spoon. I finally caught...
- North Dakota uses online ‘Coyote Catalog’ to connect hunters with landownersIt’s pretty easy to disparage the electronic age in which we live. Yet, there’s no shortage of examples of how electronics have improved not just the safety...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Walz approves bird flu study in wild animalsAfter receiving preliminary approval from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, a new study on how bird flu moves through wild animals was ...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: One Minnesota duck opener for all, pleaseReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 17, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: One Minnesot...
- Dave Trauba named to lead Minnesota DNR’s Wildlife SectionDave Trauba was reminiscing the other day about growing up in rural southeastern Wisconsin, where his love of the outdoors – including hunting and fishing –...
- Minnesota’s CREP 3 expanded to 75,000 acres, extended to 2039State and federal officials a week ago signed a new agreement that extends Minnesota’s current and ongoing Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program into 2039 ...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: An Achilles heel in forward-facing sonar?But there is one thing they all have in common: They do not show a fish lying on the bottom or barely off the bottom – fish that are working the bottom with t...