Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Backyard and Beyond: Bears enjoying the waterThis is the season when black bears gorge themselves on wild foods (and anything else they can find) to put on fat to carry them through their long winter sleep...
- New rules in effect for nonresidents using public lands in OklahomaNew this year, nonresidents in Oklahoma accessing certain public hunting and fishing areas for any reason must check in and out of the area, and most nonresiden...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Sabel’s turn to share his favorite food places, top menu itemsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Sabel’s turn...
- Junior big game hunt runs Oct. 11-13 in New York; here’s what to knowAnother youth big game hunting weekend is about to take place in New York, as Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 11-13, marks the annual hunt for junior hunters ages 12...
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, 2025♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll draw your bow on a buck that looks bigger through the leaves than he does in real life. Don’t worry, the adrenaline...
- October is prime time for anglers on Michigan’s Big Manistee RiverIf you enjoy variety, October is an ideal time to fish the Big Manistee River. You don’t know what you might catch in that water body in October. The post Oct...
- The true ‘bedrock’ of American fisheries, Dingell-Johnson Act celebrates 75 years“If you’re fishing anywhere in a public place, in water pretty much anywhere in the United States, Dingell-Johnson probably contributed to it,” said Rob S...
- Wisconsin hunter’s first bear is huge 586-pounder that comes on final day of huntWisconsin’s Teri Jo Fendler may not be a bear-hunting expert, but she’s well aware that the Burnett County black bear she shot Sept. 14 is a once-in-a-lifet...
- A quick chat with outdoors journalist and conservation advocate Hal HerringAward-winning outdoors scribe Hal Herring hails from Augusta, Mont., which allows him to use the tagline “Writing from the edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness...
- MN Daily Update: Wasps being used to slow down emerald ash borersState and federal agencies are using wasps to slow the spread of emerald ash borer. Listen here for the details. The post MN Daily Update: Wasps being used to s...
- WI Daily Update: Boating and hunting safety tips this waterfowl seasonWith waterfowl hunting seasons underway, the Wisconsin DNR reminds hunters to boat and hunt safely this fall. Listen here for details. The post WI Daily Update:...
- Youth hunt sets the deer stage for the Illinois seasonForty percent of the deer taken during the 2024 youth season in Illinois were adult females, indicating young hunters are slightly less likely than regular arch...
- Mike Raykovicz: Tree stand safety remindersNow that crossbows have become legal hunting tools in New York, it’s expected that record numbers of hunters will be in the woods hunting deer this fall and, ...
- Utilize a shooting brace to improve your accuracy this fallI think all hunters would agree that precisely placing your shot, bullet or arrow is key to putting game down quickly. Spending time on the range to familiarize...
- Beating the heat, bugs for a Minnesota doe on the bow openerBy the time I found the big doe, it was well past dark. Stars were shining brightly and the only sound was the occasional bark of a farm dog in the distance. &n...