Outdoor News
Earlier this week
- Nature Smart: Searching for the whip-poor-will under the cover of darknessMost wildlife images you see are well planned out and researched. Many times, it takes hours of preparation to capture an image. That means researching where a ...
- MN Daily Update: One technique to catch big bluegillsTim Lesmeister has been utilizing a technique taught to him by his mother to catch big bluegills on lakes where those big bluegills are hard to find. Listen her...
- Steve Piatt: Numbers that jumped out from the 2024 deer harvest report in New YorkI’m a numbers guy, from batting averages to golf handicaps to goals and assists. So, when the New York DEC finally releases its highly detailed whitetail harv...
- Looking for summer fun? Try poppers for panfishWhen summer settles in and the weather turns sunny and balmy here in upstate New York, my wife and I often load the canoe or the semi-vee in the back of the tru...
- Best of 2025’s compound bows: Here’s what hunters should ‘target’ this seasonVertical bows used to almost always lead their advertising or sales pitch with how many feet per second the model pumped out arrows. Sure, the “need for speed...
- To avoid rocky fishing outing, use small boats on Minnesota’s Boulder Lake in St. Louis CountyThe first characteristic worth noting about Boulder Lake in St. Louis County is that the fishery really does live up to its name. Located just north of Duluth, ...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calenda...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Some ‘initiative’ shown with homemade navigational lights on the waterMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the July 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnes...
- Steve Carney: ‘Bleeding’ walleyes and the shallow mysteryI have become a big fan of a technique called “bleeding” for walleyes I catch and plan to keep. This so-called bleeding requires a 1-inch cut between the fi...
- What’s the process of a whitetail’s antler growth? It’s a 120-day marathonHe seemed to appear out of nowhere. I was scanning the overgrown pasture from my observation point when I spotted two giant, velvet-covered main beams hovering ...
- In Minnesota’s Le Sueur County, BioBlitz event is chance to study natureAnyone interested may learn from biologists and naturalists, while helping scientists document species diversity, on Saturday, July 26, during the BioBlitz even...
- Indian Lake dedication in Minnesota celebrates a decade of public-lands conservationWinthrop, Minn. — More than 100 residents, conservationists, and project partners attended a dedication June 21 at Indian Lake Wildlife Management Area to com...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR invites people to share pheasant, turkey observationsMinnesotans are encouraged to report observations of ring-necked pheasants and wild turkeys in a citizen science effort by the Minnesota DNR. The post Minnesota...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Lower fish limits for forward-facing sonar usersReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Lower fish l...
- Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka AIS treatment gets muckyAs the Lake Minnetonka lake association and resident-managed lake improvement districts consider annual aquatic invasive vegetation treatment – and streamlini...