Outdoor News
Before 2025
- Illinois Natural History Survey graduate student looks at fish response to Christmas trees, habitatsJeremy Facer’s journey into the world of fisheries and environmental research began in the wilderness of Idaho. Now a graduate student and research assistant ...
- MN Daily Update: Hunt smart for pheasants this seasonPheasant hunting is about more than just walking a strip of grassland. Here’s how to hunt smart to get on more roosters as the pressure of the hunting season ...
- Deer, you, and COVID-19; what’s the connection?Concern about the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, or SARS-Cov-2, pandemic has waned and doesn’t garner as much media attention as it did when...
- No hunting in 2024 on two pheasant recovery areas in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania hunters won’t have a chance to hunt wild pheasants in two recovery areas this season due to habitat loss. The Pennsylvania Game Commission decide...
- Use these tactics to increase the effectiveness of your deer drivesIn my formative years as a deer hunter, I probably spent more time driving deer than I did waiting for them. I’m just old enough to remember a time when trees...
- For one Minnesota family, public-land deer hunt is a 70-Year TraditionWhen Virgil and Mary Ann Baltes moved to Blackduck, Minn., in 1953, they became friends with folks who homesteaded forest property southeast of the city. A few ...
- Smokepole 101: Here’s what you’ll need to get started hunting with a muzzleloaderHunters who head afield with muzzleloading rifles hoping to tag a deer or other big game animal include those who want to create the nostalgia of a bygone era, ...
- Tips to enjoy traditional autumn turkey huntingOf all the autumn hunts, turkey hunting is probably the most challenging. Unless a hunter has access to lightly hunted private property, he or she is going to h...
- Pennsylvania couple honored for saving the life of another angler in 2022An Allegheny County couple whose spur-of-the-moment decision to go fishing ended up saving a stranger’s life were honored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
- EHD continues its ugly spread to the north in OhioAs Ohio’s statewide archery season approached and then opened on Sept. 28, hunters, property owners, and kayakers/canoeists began to encounter dead deer of al...
- Kate Severson circles back to Minnesota to join staff at Voyageurs National ParkFor most people who take a trek into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the experience is life-enriching. But for some, like Kate Severson, it’s life-...
- For these Minnesota deer campers, the focus is on the foodAt 5 a.m. sharp on Thursday, Nov. 7, two days before the Minnesota firearms deer opener, Scott Doheny and three others will depart his New Prague home with a ca...
- New York Reader Stories: New bucks appear throughout the autumn periodLike many hunters, I like trail cameras. I use them 24/7, 12 months of the year. I am also someone who keeps records, nothing crazy but one of the records I kee...
- Dan Small: Lake of the Woods provides another memorable adventureAs I explored the Ontario waters of Lake of the Woods for the fourth time last month, I was pleased that some of the lake’s 14,000 islands and 65,000 miles of...
- Wisconsin’s gun deer season: How will late opener impact hunter success this year?Predicting gun deer season success in Wisconsin this year may be much like nailing Jell-O to the wall. Last year saw a miserable season for hunters in the north...