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- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Salt blocks purchased from stores often not legal during deer seasonMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minneso...
- Steve Carney: Better times lie ahead for pheasant hunters, and a Minnesota fall fishing updateThe good news this week is that pheasant hunting will continue to get better as we head into early November. It’s been a bit frustrating of late, as pheasant ...
- Republicans vote to roll back restrictions on mining, drillingCongressional Republicans recently voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling, and other development in three Western states, advancing President Donal...
- Wetlands, forests get boost from U.S. SenateThat legislation should be of special interest to sportsmen and women, per TRCP. The post Wetlands, forests get boost from U.S. Senate appeared first on Outdoor...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Minnesota Conservation Federation to flip flapjacks for fundraisingThe Minnesota Conservation Federation will host a fundraising event at Al’s Breakfast (413 14th Ave SE) in Minneapolis from 3:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. ...
- Wisconsin bear hunters have season on par with prior yearsThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary results from the 2025 bear season. Bear hunters harvested 3,724 bears during the 35-day seas...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Pheasants Forever deserved a seat at recent D.C. meetingReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Pheasants For...
- Minnesota’s youth, antlerless hunts boost 2025 deer harvestFollowing the early antlerless and youth deer hunts, Oct. 16-19, the number of harvested deer in Minnesota ticked up by 11% this season as of Monday Oct. 20. â€...
- Lake Champlain cooperative to treat New York’s Boquet River to control sea lampreyThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will apply lampricide t...
- Groups worry about outdoors during shutdown with more layoffs possibleAs the end of October approaches, the federal government remains shut down, as it has been since the start of the month. While many effects accompany a governme...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Low temps in Minnesota waters of the Mississippi turn on a hot biteRight now, the water’s in the 51- to 54-degree range. With the low flow this fall, if you find the current seams that are holding forage, you will find the go...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 29, 2025Fish are biting, but there are fewer people fishing. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 29, 2025. The post Minnesota’s statew...
- Minnesota DNR proposes fish regulation changes to lakes, Pool 3 of the MississippiFrom as far north as Hubbard County near Park Rapids to as far south as Olmsted County in the Rochester area, the Minnesota DNR is proposing rules changes to se...
- MN Daily Update: Dan Schmidt’s thoughts on outdoors writing and his love of deer huntingOutdoor News recently talked with Dan Schmidt of Deer and Deer Hunting about his love of deer hunting and his many years as an outdoors writer. Listen here for ...
- Patrick Durkin: Biologist Keith McCaffery left mark in Wisconsin’s deer woodsAmerican philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “If a single man plants himself on his convictions and then abides, the huge world will come ’round to him.â...