Outdoor News
Last month
- Michigan inland fishing guides now required to secure licenseAs of March 1, sport fishing guides operating in Michigan need an inland guide license to take clients on guided trips on inland lakes, rivers or streams. The l...
- Michigan Mixed Bag: Fire season is now; practice safety, check for burn permitsDNR firefighters already have responded to several wildfires this year, and in 2023 they responded to nearly 400 wildfires. Help them reduce that number by keep...
- Michigan Letters to the Editor: Here’s another good fishing movie for MON top 10 listReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 15, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News. The post Michigan Letters to the Editor: Here’s anot...
- Michigan’s Great Lakes Fishing Decree now in effectUpdated guidelines for co-management of fishery resources in parts of Michigan’s Great Lakes are now in effect for the next 24 years. The new Great Lakes Fish...
- Michigan turkeys, now well established, originated from a flock of semi-domestic hensThere’s a good chance that the long beard you level your sights on this spring isn’t completely wild. Just ask Al Stewart. Michigan’s wild turkey populati...
- Registration for CMP National Matches at Ohio’s Camp Perry is now openRegistration for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2024 National Trophy Pistol and Rifle Matches is officially open. The annual event, held at the Cam...
- New hunting, fishing licenses on sale now in OhioHunting and fishing licenses for 2024-25 are on sale now, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. An Ohio hunting or fishing license opens endles...
- Ohio DNR pitches season blueprint for fall migratory bird huntingThe ODNR Division of Wildlife made its proposals for waterfowl and other migratory bird seasons before the Ohio Wildlife Council in February. The following is a...
- Ohio Mixed Bag: Fishers reproducing in the stateThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife confirmed that a female fisher, a mammal that was collected as roadkill in Ashtabula County in February 2023, was pregn...
- Ohio teen scores a big double with whitetail, mule deer last fallIt was a Sweet Sixteenth birthday celebration in a deer way for Avery Semler. The London, Ohio, teen harvested not one, but two trophy bucks last November – t...
- Minnesota Reader Stories: Restoring grandfather’s duck decoys conjure memories of past huntsMany years ago, my grandpa took me aside at duck camp and handed me a few old and beat-up foam Herter’s diver decoys. “These rode the waves many times, with...
- WI Daily Update: Find the constellation LeoOne of the best-known and easiest-to-find constellations is Leo, which is Latin for lion. Here’s how to find it in the night sky. The post WI Daily Update: Fi...
- Vin T. Sparano: Incorporate the fine art of dead-sticking into your fishing tacticsI have an important message and a confession to make to all fishermen who fish with natural baits: I love dead-sticking. In recent years, the growing trend seem...
- MN Daily Update: Four DNR conservation officers earn honorsThe Minnesota DNR Enforcement Division named Mitch Lawler as its 2023 CO of the Year. Here are four more conservation officers who earned honors recently. The p...
- Some of the biggest coyotes ever taken in Pennsylvania’s Mosquito Creek contest shot this yearThe Mosquito Creek Sportsmen Club, in Clearfield County, Pa., recently finished its 33rd annual coyote hunt. For the first time in hunt history, the top three e...