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Earlier this year
- Mille Lacs winter regulations could look similar to current ruleThe Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee earlier this week met with Minnesota DNR officials to go over fall creel surveys and consider ideas for what the win...
- MN Daily Update: Understand life cycles of underwater plants to catch more fall fish“Turk” Gierke has been guiding anglers for more than 25 years. Tim Lesmeister explains some great advice Gierke recently shared in Outdoor News that can hel...
- Steelshad is a great fall transition bait (and beyond) for multiple speciesOver the past four years, I have been fishing with the Steelshad in New York waters with remarkable success. This lure is versatile, and works well with various...
- Streams of Thought: A bowhunting drought ends; I’ll drink to thatEarly this spring, Craig the architect and I embarked on a “bar project” for a variety of possibly poor reasons. First, Craig’s family had sold its lumber...
- The reality of the whitetail rut? Put time on your sideIt’s hard to argue with the general consensus among deer hunters that the rut is the best time of the season to be in the woods. There’s nothing quite like ...
- Gretchen Steele: Tales from the ‘pop-up porch’After a two-year hiatus, due to old age and decrepitude, my dearly beloved and I finally felt ready and physically able to hit the campgrounds again. While our ...
- Public comments show year-round bass season is largely supported by Minnesota anglersAfter the Minnesota DNR’s public comment period about the continuous bass season regulation change closed on Thursday, Oct. 23, the agency began combing throu...
- WI Daily Update: Understand life cycles of underwater plants to catch more fall fish“Turk” Gierke has been guiding anglers for more than 25 years. Tim Lesmeister explains some great advice Gierke recently shared in Outdoor News that can hel...
- Black River Wild Forest extends over four New York countiesWhen it comes to land classifications, Wild Forests in the Adirondacks and Catskills tend to be more accessible and thus more people-friendly than those classif...
- Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame to add nine in 2025 classThe Illinois Conservation Foundation will induct nine new members into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame, during the ICF Gala on March 19, 2026, at Abbington Ba...
- Trump administration tells Colorado wolves must come from U.S. Rockies states, not CanadaThe Trump administration is telling Colorado to stop importing gray wolves from Canada as part of the state’s efforts to restore the predators, a shift that c...
- Wild game care 101: Here’s what to do to get the best meat possibleIf you're anything like me, you've probably found yourself standing over a tailgate in November with cold fingers, a pocketknife that could use sharpening, and ...
- Big Swan Lake on fire for anglers in Minnesota’s Meeker CountyIt’s no secret that Big Swan Lake has been one of if not the hottest fishing lake in Meeker County of late. This 684-acre system just south of Kingston has be...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Federal shutdown forces Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever to furlough farm bill staffersMinnesota-based Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever said the ongoing federal government shutdown has resulted in the furlough of at least 25% of the conservatio...