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- Megan Plete: On a buck’s trail and lessons etched in snowTracking a white-tailed buck in the snow looks dreamy in photos. It has all the elements that make a nostalgic hunting postcard scene: a clean white landscape, ...
- Streams of Thought: It’s the little things that add up to a great yearAs I set out to write this last-of-the-year column, I figured I’d reminisce. You know, jot down all sorts of landmarks and highlights regarding my outdoors wo...
- Dean Bortz: Wisconsin 21-year-old tags 637-pound bearWisconsin’s bear-hunting women had great success during the September/October bear season. Those ladies killed some big bears, including a couple of bruins th...
- More Sunday hunting may be in store in PennsylvaniaHunters can expect additional Sundays to be added to the 2026-27 seasons when the Pennsylvania Game Commission board meets on Jan. 30-31. Currently, an addition...
- WI Daily Update: How to catch crappies on early iceThe crappies are still shallow after the first safe ice of the winter season forms, and catching them is about fishing at night. Tim Lesmeister explains. The po...
- Pursuit of Cloquet Forestry Center land transfer continuesIn late August this year, the University of Minnesota announced it had reached an agreement in principle – a commitment between parties – with the Fond du L...
- Spring turkey permit processes indicate no evidence of changes for Illinois’ 2026 seasonThe application period for the second lottery for Illinois spring season permits is open and runs through Jan. 12. All hunters are eligible to apply for one tur...
- They may not be big, but fish are plentiful in Minnesota’s East Battle LakeYou typically don’t hear a lot about East Battle Lake in Otter Tail County, but it’s not because this 1,978-acre system is not a good fishing lake. East Bat...
- Minnesota’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar...
- Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Full-sized pickup goes through iceMinnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News. The post Minneso...
- Steve Carney: Catching fish on the breaksMinnesota’s early ice-fishing season so far has been rather lackluster. I’ve been fishing secondary spots close to shore while unable to get to some of the ...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers ‘North Country Icebreaker’ set for Jan. 24 at Breezy PointBreezy Point, Minn. — The Minnesota chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers will host its North Country Icebreaker on Jan. 24 at Breezy Point Resort in Bre...
- Minnesota Letters to the Editor: What exactly could those canines be doing?Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News. The post Minnesota Letters to the Editor: What exactly ...
- North Dakota’s Devils Lake to get stocked adult perch in spring ’26The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is putting the finishing touches on a plan to stock adult yellow perch into Devils Lake next spring, an effort that lo...
- New York artist makes dress entirely from shotgun shells for holidaysDenise Moody’s artistic creation makes for a unique decoration during the holiday season at the Lakeside Vista Restaurant and Tavern on the western shore of O...