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- Massive broods of cicadas this year could benefit Illinois turkeysTwo factors have wildlife biologists feeling optimistic heading into the spring turkey hunting season, but only one – results of DNR’s 2023 brood survey –...
- Commentary: One in-person field day won’t cut it for hunter safety trainingI am a certified DNR hunter safety instructor and have been for roughly 15 years. I am writing about the Wisconsin DNR’s push to use the virtual world for hun...
- Steve Griffin: Show a little respect for the lowly dogfishWe’d seen several catfish swim beneath us as we sat side-by-side in a battered flip-over shelter on a rare corner of Michigan's Saginaw Bay that was topped wi...
- Deer hunter success slips over the past decade in IllinoisIllinois deer hunters have gone from average to below average when it comes to hunter success in the past 10 years. This according to two different sources: the...
- Wisconsin DNR facing ‘red ink reality’ without a license fee hikeNot bankrupt, but not flush with cash either may best describe the budget situation for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. DNR officials explained t...
- Turkeys, pheasants benefiting from mild Minnesota winter so far in 2024The 2022-23 and 2023-24 winter seasons have been complete opposites, and it’s allowed a couple of game bird species to increase their population, explore new ...
- Mike Schoonveld: Deep thoughts about fishing with earthwormsI’m not a particularly deep thinker, and most of the time, like when I’m threading a worm on a hook, I’m not thinking much deeper than how deep I should d...
- Tom Venesky: Restrictions on Raystown Lake fishing tourneys in Pennsylvania don’t floatFor a boater who likes to fly, Raystown Lake is a mecca within Pennsylvania. There are no speed or horsepower restrictions at the lake, so boaters on Raystown c...
- Episode 475 – Minnesota Legislative session preview, 75 years of A Sand County Almanac, Mille Lacs 2024 walleye quota, and Florida crack(!) bearsA continued mild February has host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein plus Editor Tim Spielman discussing whether any black bears left their dens early this mont...
- Longear sunfish are feisty fighters of late winter, early spring in OhioA longear sunfish is unlike any other. Glimmering fresh from the water, it seems too spectacular to be here, as if had been blown inland from the barrier reef o...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Feb. 16, 2024Ice weakening in north, open water transition across state. A look at the Illinois fishing report on Feb. 16, 2024. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing repor...
- Wisconsin State Roundup: Ban on antlerless harvest up north well intentioned, but not what’s neededA new legislative bill that would ban antlerless deer harvest for four years in the Northern Forest Region may be well intentioned, but that’s not what we nee...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show1907Late winter is expo time in Wisconsin. Choose from the Milwaukee Muskie Expo, Wisconsin Fishing Expo, Autorama World of Wheels, Milwaukee Sports Show, Wisconsin...
- Members hope to revive Wisconsin’s Sporting Heritage CouncilThe Sporting Heritage Council, an organization created by the Wisconsin legislature in 2011 and coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources, has not met ...
- Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Agrees with Wydeven on key point: remove wolves from ESLReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News. The post Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Agrees with ...