Outdoor News
Before 2025
- WI Daily Update: Skunk scent as a cover scent for deer hunting? Here’s how one hunter uses itSome people think the skunk scent is a good cover scent when they’re deer hunting, but does it put deer on high alert? One hunter thinks so, but he uses it an...
- Michigan DNR’s new assessment shows promise for walleye production in Burt, Mullett, Black and Grand lakesWalleye production in some prominent northern Lower Michigan fishing lakes has been very good. Walleye recruitment has been studied on Burt, Mullett, Black, and...
- Outdoor Insights: Minnesotans overwhelmingly stand up for the outdoors againLast week, I spoke with Paul Austin, executive director of Conservation Minnesota. He shared a couple of points that illustrate just how thoroughly Minnesotans ...
- Flying squirrels in Minnesota? Researchers study populations that are currently collidingNatural Resources Research Institute scientists have been studying two distinct flying squirrel populations now colliding in northern Minnesota. Meanwhile, some...
- Officials investigating shooting of wolf in western North DakotaThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting of what appears to be a female gray wolf northwest of Beaulah, N.D. Stephanie Tucker, furbearer...
- Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain futureThe world’s only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the whitetailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of ...
- This autumn, consider Fall Lake’s numerous ’eyes, girthy pike, and more in Minnesota’s Lake CountyThe main draw on this 2,258-acre fishery near Ely is its abundance of walleyes. Fall is noted for producing eating-size walleyes, along with some trophy-caliber...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calenda...
- Feds to restrict drilling, renewables in U.S. West to aid the sage grousePresident Joe Biden’s administration on Nov. 8 proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar, and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of...
- Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Catchin’ big fish in the fallIt is a must if you’re out fishing with a crew of anglers to have minnows. Fathead minnows are good. Real nice fatheads are better – meaning fatheads and no...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 20, 2024Cold air likely puts an official end to open-water fishing. A look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Nov. 20, 2024. The post Minnesota’s statewid...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Number of areas baited for deer ‘baffles’ conservation officerMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnes...
- Steve Carney: Tips for using a deer decoy in late NovemberThis is the time of the deer-hunting season when I pull out my doe decoy that I’ve named “Bess.” She rests comfortably in my pole building all season, and...
- Minnesota hunters rescued in two Kandiyohi water bodiesHigh winds and hunters kept Kandiyohi County deputies and conservation officers with the DNR occupied last weekend as ripping winds contributed to two rescue op...
- North Dakota governor named Interior designeePresident-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 15 that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created Na...