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- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Feb. 28, 2025Winter comes and goes, anglers adjust on central lakes. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Feb. 28, 2025. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing ...
- Wisconsin’s Winnebago sturgeon season closes with some big fish registeredThe Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season closed after running the full length of the season with some space left on the harvest caps. On the last day, Lake...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame conducting youth writing contestThe National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, of Hayward, has received $25,000 from the Outdoor Journalist Education Foundation to conduct an annual writing co...
- Apply for licenses for Wisconsin’s 2025 elk seasonThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the application period for the 2025 elk hunt opens March 1 and continues through May 31...
- Mike Raykovicz: How much is too much when it comes to the cost of archery equipment?I don’t know about you, but 20 bucks for certain things is still a lot of money to me. Twenty dollars for a pizza or a couple of Big Macs just turns my head. ...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2009In this week’s episode of Dan Small Outdoors Radio, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outdoors editor Paul Smith talks about the features and appeal of the Milwaukee...
- Wisconsin DNR budget has hunting, trapping, and fishing fee hikesGov. Tony Evers released his 2025-27 biennial budget Feb. 18 that would renew the Knowles/Nelson Stewardship Program and encourage hunting, trapping, and fishin...
- Wisconsin’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 28, 2025Above average temperatures encourage panfishermen. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report on Feb. 28, 2025. The post Wisconsin’s statewide fishing re...
- Outdoor Insights: National parks are big business, so why are we gutting them?Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced it would lay off 1,000 National Park Service employees. A week later, after some backlash, we were hearing tha...
- WI Daily Update: Time to put a focus on targeting unpressured fishFreshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says this is the time of year when you have to target fish that haven’t been pressured by all the other anglers. H...
- Episode 529 – Winter deer survival, bear update, Yellowstone wolves, respect for National ParksRob Drieslein and Tim Spielman start this week’s Outdoor News Radio talking about ice conditions and relatively low winter severity index readings for deer an...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania Game Commission receives fewer royalties from natural gas last yearAt the recent House Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on returning the opening day of deer season to Monday in Pennsylvania, there was an interesting exchang...
- MN Daily Update: Time to put a focus on targeting unpressured fishFreshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says this is the time of year when you have to target fish that haven’t been pressured by all the other anglers. H...
- Don’t make these mistakes when socializing your new puppySpringtime is not long away, and that means that a lot of folks will be picking up new pups. While the promise of a fresh sidekick is exciting, it comes with so...
- Cornell study finds contaminants common in northeast waterfowlIf you are an avid waterfowler who enjoys a good dinner of roast duck or goose, you might want to know about a recent study conducted by Cornell University in N...