Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Steve Carney: Prepping for the dove huntI love dove hunting, and I look forward to the Sept. 1 opener in Minnesota each year. There isn’t a game bird that provides the challenges that mourning doves...
- Minnesota Conservation Officer Academy produces 13 new gradsThirteen individuals recently graduated from the Minnesota DNR’s Conservation Officer Academy and have begun patrolling Minnesota’s fields, waters, and wood...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: State Fair continues through MondayA mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the Minnesota State Fair. The post Minnesota Mixed Bag: State Fair continues through Monday a...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Nuclear is the answer to energy conundrum; what’s really clean?Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 29, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Nuclear is t...
- Wet landscape will greet early Minnesota waterfowlersThe lumbering flights of Canada geese and acrobatic sorties of teal and mourning doves are on tap for hunters beginning in early September. Minnesota’s dove s...
- Bear hunt prospects are good in Minnesota, but not likely as good as 2024While the expected upcoming Minnesota bear harvest might not be as impressive as that of a year ago, weather conditions when the season kicks off Monday, Sept. ...
- Minnesota DNR has dollars for ‘field to forest’ programSt. Paul — Private landowners with open lands, such as former pastures or crop fields, can apply for financial assistance to plant trees through the Minnesota...
- Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: A late-summer bluegill bonanzaAs we reach the late-summer fishing season, walleyes are spreading out and crappies can be difficult to find as they roam deeper water and “hide” deep into ...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Aug. 27, 2025Water temperatures take a dip with early cold front. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report across the state on Aug. 27, 2025. The post Minnesota’s s...
- New Audubon Western Pennsylvania director adjusts to new role in a new stateChris Bason regards the crabbing and fishing he did with his father while growing up in Delaware as some of the most memorable and important times in his life. ...
- No new sign of cougar cubs confirmed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last MarchOn March 13, Roell confirmed that photographs of a pair of spotted cougar kittens had been taken in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula. The photogr...
- Steve Griffin: Research debunks long-held theory on walleye spawning in Michigan’s Saginaw BayScientists work to answer a question: Where do these fish come from? Who’d-a-thunk-it? Modern Saginaw Bay walleyes, long thought to spawn mainly in tributary ...
- Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 30 with good numbers of both expectedThe good news for Iowa’s cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa’s rabbit population is the highest in more than a decade, with the vast majority of Iowa con...
- WI Daily Update: Help count migrating chimney swifts this fallChimney swifts are a bird species that rely on chimneys for critical habitat. They are a species of special concern, and the Wisconsin DNR wants your help in co...
- Michigan’s estimated 2024 deer harvest 25% higher than registered numbersBased on preliminary estimates from the Michigan DNR’s annual deer harvest survey compiled by statistician Brian Frawley, hunters harvested 25% more deer duri...