Outdoor News
Last month
- Gretchen Steele: Conservation efforts, new logo announced for Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Nature Areas in IllinoisFor 11 days a year, the Du Quoin State Fair in Illinois bustles with carnival rides, livestock exhibitors, food vendors, and live music. Yet the fair occupies o...
- Breaking down the many black bass sub-species beyond largemouths and smallmouthsAsk most Outdoor News followers to name the different species of black bass and, most likely, you’ll hear largemouth and smallmouth. Rightly so. Those are the...
- Focus on these important details to trigger a tomAccording to my turkey-hunting mentor, Ray Eye, skilled hunters in the Missouri Ozarks have forever wished there was no such thing as a spring season. Why? Beca...
- Steve Carney: With spring fishing, timing is everythingMy second fishing trip to the Minnesota/South Dakota border waters of Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake was much better than my first trip. Water temperatures ha...
Earlier this year
- Live Life in Nature in WarroadDiscover a Place to Call Home For the outdoor enthusiast, there’s no place quite like the northern gem of Warroad, Minnesota. “There’s lots of outdoor opp...
- Bad Medicine Lake is a great cure for the springtime angling itch in Minnesota’s Becker CountyBefore taking a look at the current status of Bad Medicine Lake in Becker County, it’s important to look at its unique past. Bad Medicine is a 4-mile-long, na...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar ...
- Pro Tip of the Week: Scouting is key for getting a turkeyTurkey hunting early in the season can be the best way to find and target unpressured birds that are not yet shy to calling and skittish to decoys. Regardless o...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on April 30, 2025Panfish are still being found more deep than shallow. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on April 30, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statewide fishin...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Pilot flies proficiency flight for emergency proceduresMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesot...
- Green Energy: Not in the faster-permitting mix?For years, proponents of green energy have argued that a slow, inefficient permitting process in the United States hinders a transition to clean sources of elec...
- Minnesota’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ turkey season harvests contend with record numbers from 2024This year’s spring turkey harvest in Minnesota is neck-and-neck as a contender to match or beat last year’s record spring harvest. The total number of turke...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Bear hunt lottery applications due FridayA total of 4,605 licenses are available across the 15 quota areas where licenses are limited for the 2025 season, which opens Monday, Sept. 1, and closes Sunday...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Ducks come up losers to walleyes, lake homeownersReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Ducks come up ...
- Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that meansThe U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion ...