Outdoor News
Earlier this month
- Illinois archers anticipating another good deer season; is a harvest record within reach?Bow season opens on a Wednesday, making it fairly easy to predict a Day 1 harvest of 650 to 750 deer – give or take a hundred or so. It’s a simple forecast ...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025Early signs of late summer, early fall crappie action. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Sept. 12, 2025. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing ...
- Wisconsin’s fall duck, goose outlook again on bright sideSpring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about t...
- Special wildlife council meeting planned to discuss outbreak of EHD in southeast OhioThe Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife announced that the Ohio Wildlife Council will convene in Athens on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. for a special meet...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board meeting Sept. 24 in MadisonThe Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2037We focus on hunting this week. Archery deer season opens in Wisconsin Sept. 13, along with northern zone grouse and rabbit. JC Chamberlin discusses early bow se...
- Episode 80 — Dr. Keith Tidball, New York State Conservation CouncilFresh off their Fall Convention in the Adirondacks, NYS Conservation Council President Dr. Keith Tidball joins the podcast to discuss the event, which featured ...
- Wisconsin state campgrounds lacking ‘camper cabins’While Wisconsin has 10 state-owned campground cabins that may be rented by people with disabilities, there are no “camper cabins” available for rent by the ...
- New era begins for New York crossbow huntersUpon Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signing crossbow expansion into law, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wasted no time communicating new cro...
- New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025Hunting comes into focus, while fall fishing can be great. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025. The post New York’s s...
- Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025Fishermen battle high winds, cool temperatures. A look at the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025. The post Wisconsin’s statewide fishing a...
- PFAS-related consumption advisories issued for ducks, deer and fish in parts of WisconsinThe alphabet soup of chemical pollutants (DDT, CWD, VHS, HPA, PFAS) just expanded with the release of a consumption advisory for mallards and wood ducks harvest...
- Episode 557 – Openers, shotgun zone update, roadless rule, bass changes, cougars and robot rabbitsTop topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman about progress on eliminating the state’s shotgun zone for d...
- Why is meat from some feral hogs tainted blue?I used to take my two sons to southern Texas during spring break to bowhunt hogs at a high-fence ranch. (I’m not a beach guy; I’d rather hunt.) In three day...
- Mike Schoonveld: Time to feed those invasive carp another planIf the first person to import Asian carp to North America was a Star Trek fan, when he turned them loose perhaps he repeated the traditional Vulcan phrase Mr. S...