Outdoor News
Before 2025
- Steve Carney: An ice season recap, and a word on the Winter Severity IndexWhat a weird ice-fishing season this year! The season has to go down as the strangest that I can remember. It started out just fine, but as the season progresse...
- What gives with South Dakota’s Prairie Unit elk tags? Plus, a goose migration updateThe 2024 South Dakota legislative session is chugging along, including movement on a number of outdoors-related bills. While an attempt to increase the habitat ...
- Minnesota’s Island Lake anglers love walleyes, but smallies making splashIf you’re an angler in Itasca County, odds are pretty good you’ve spent time on Island Lake near Northome. This 3,100-acre fishery is popular among local fo...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the March 1, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdo...
- Ron Steffe: Senators say Pennsylvania Game Commission has enough state game lands … I say bull!I was immediately drawn to a recent front-page story in Pennsylvania Outdoor News. After Bryan Burhans, Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director, d...
- Wolf management, shotgun zone elimination for deer, walleye stocking enter legislative fray in MinnesotaWith the first committee deadlines about a month away for the state Legislature, there are have been plenty of bills discussed in committees along with others r...
- WI Daily Update: Find new spots during late ice-fishing seasonWhat does Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach do late in the ice-fishing season when the bite gets tough? He goes on the search for new spots. Here’s ...
- Pennsylvania veterans group duck hunt in Lake Erie was a frigid but fantastic experienceThe northeast U.S. experienced frigid temperatures, snow and high winds during January, forcing waterfowl to begin migrating along the Atlantic Flyway. One of t...
- Outdoor Insights: Important news items crossing my desk this weekThe Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge borders four states and has been a haven for fish and wildlife since 1924. The post Outdoor Insigh...
- MN Daily Update: Find new spots during late ice-fishing seasonWhat does Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach do late in the ice-fishing season when the bite gets tough? He goes on the search for new spots. Here’s ...
- Scholastic 3D archery program growing fast across MichiganThere are many archery clubs and programs operating both in and out of schools in Michigan, but none quite like the Scholastic 3D Archery Program. Known as S3DA...
- Minnesota DNR classifies more invasive plants, animals as prohibitedThe Minnesota DNR has classified 13 high-risk invasive aquatic plants, fish, and invertebrates as prohibited invasive species. The DNR classifies invasive speci...
- Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Pressured fish? Get the lead outWhen I’m forced to ice fish within a pressured community fishing spot or on a body of water full of conditioned/pressured fish, I get the lead out. There is n...
- Minnesota’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 28, 2024Ice-fishing options have come to an end in many areas. A look at the Minnesota fishing report from across the state on Feb. 28, 2024. The post Minnesota’s sta...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Ducks, geese, swans already spotted in Marshall areaMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the March 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The p...