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- MN Daily Update: Perch limit lowered again on Mille LacsThe perch limit on Lake Mille Lacs has been changed multiple times in the last 18 months, and it was lowered again this winter, effective today, Feb. 9. Listen ...
- WI Daily Update: Report locations of black bear dens to help researchThe Wisconsin DNR is asking the public to report black bear den locations this winter to help with an ongoing research project. Listen here for details. The pos...
- Dean Bortz: This Wisconsin hunting, fishing crew still going strongThe original epistle for this week’s space was headed in a whole different direction when I discovered the material you’ll see below. We do 26 issues a year...
- A popular puppy, or something different? There’s a reason some breeds are picked most by huntersSome upland bird and waterfowl hunters meticulously plan for their next bird dog. Others just catch a case of cabin fever and give in to their whims when it com...
- Ice fishing for Minnesota lake trout… where patience actually pay offIce fishing for lake trout can feel intimidating, even to the initiated. They can cover miles of water in a day, swim 100 feet vertically in seconds, inhabit so...
- Christine Thomas: Oh no, stuck yet again!Christine and Stan Thomas have collected a number of stories of getting vehicles stuck over their 50 years of outdoor adventures. Most recently they were able t...
- Cabin fever got you down? February in Minnesota is for squirrel, rabbit huntingSnow crunched under my boots as my son Jason and I hiked across a plowed field toward a wooded valley in southeast Minnesota. Recent subzero temperatures had cr...
- Jeremiah Haas: Tools and strategies deer hunters use now can make a difference come fallWhile the Chicago Bears did not make it into the February postseason, deer hunters across Illinois should be thinking about their postseason activities. The pos...
- Officers, civilian recognized for rescue of Michigan ice fishermanNearly two years ago, a 63-year-old ice angler struggled for his life on Michigan’s Lake Gogebic, repeatedly falling into the icy surface. A team from several...
- Hunters kill 153 elk during Michigan’s 2025 season that saw record applicantsBrent Henige shot a 559-pound elk on state-managed public land in Montmorency County during the second segment of Michigan’s 2025 elk season. But that was not...
- Michigan’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 6, 2026Panfish, pike, ice anglers get big boost from cold snap. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing report across the state on Feb. 6, 2026. The post Michigan’s ...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2106Milwaukee Muskie Expo promoter Mike Veserat invites listeners to meet top guides, outfitters and tackle manufacturers at the Milwaukee Muskie Expo Feb. 13-15 at...
- Episode 578 – Pheasant Fest preview, nongame chatter on owls, Mille Lacs perch, native roughfishThis week’s show begins with Jared Wiklund, communications director for St. Paul-based Pheasants Forever sharing a preview of the Feb. 20-22 Pheasant Fest and...
- As outdoor technology advances, Minnesota DNR deals with fair chase questionsAt the Minnesota DNR's 2026 Roundtable last month, one of the final sessions of the day was entitled “Future of Fair Chase and Natural Resource Sustainability...
- A hunt for the big bull moose of Russia’s Kamchatka PeninsulaJonathan LeBel, of Ogdensburg, in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., is a passionate big game hunter. One of his dream adventures, from a bucket list of sorts, was to c...