Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- More than 160,000 apply for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, many who don’t intend to huntFlorida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to r...
- Low water levels close lower Salmon River, a popular fishing section in New YorkThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently took actions to mitigate impacts of unusual low water flows along the Salmon River during t...
- New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 25, 2025Hunting seasons now fully on the radar. Here’s a look at New York’s fishing and hunting report on Sept. 25, 2025. The post New York’s statewide fishing an...
- Minnesota Mixed Bag: Early antlerless season, statewide youth deer hunt set for Oct. 16-19Hunters may participate in an early antlerless-only deer season from Thursday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 19. The season increases opportunities for hunters ...
- CWD confirmed in Michigan’s Genesee County for the first timeGenesee is now the 16th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of N...
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: What to consider when selecting a crossbowA new era in big game archery hunting will begin on Oct. 1 in the Southern Zone of New York State (and Sept. 27 in the Northern Zone for that matter) – crossb...
- Minnesota’s grouse hunt off to a (typically) slow start in ’25, and good opportunities for fall turkeysThe ruffed grouse report after a week-plus of hunting is short and sweet. Since the heat has lingered a bit longer than normal at the start of the grouse season...
- Bob Gwizdz: Time to bring back the trout stamp in MichiganMichigan’s proposed hunting and fishing license fee increase appears to be, if not dead in the water, on serious life support. While the Senate version of a f...
- MN Daily Update: Walleyes falling into their fall patternsFreshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says the walleyes are already moving into their fall patterns. Listen here for details. The post MN Daily Update: Wa...
- How can you beat hunting pressure? Here are three tips to considerPublic land is generally considered the most difficult type of ground to hunt, and for good reason. The more of us who are out there trying to kill deer, the mo...
- Ohio Lake sturgeon implanted with acoustic tags as part of longterm studyThe Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s (DOW) Sandusky Fisheries Research Unit is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...
- WI Daily Update: Walleyes falling into their fall patternsFreshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach says the walleyes are already moving into their fall patterns. Listen here for details. The post WI Daily Update: Wa...
- Outdoor Insights: An update on Minnesota’s wild rice and sandhill crane hunting seasonThree days of wild ricing late this summer produced exactly 300 pounds of ripe wild rice for me and my partners. Post-processing, that equates to about 45% (or ...
- Tom Venesky: Is it time to bring back furbearer bounties in Pennsylvania?I thought I had a raccoon problem when I saw an adult female with four young ones scamper out of the barn one morning. But that was nothing compared to what was...
- Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council considers 54 projects that total over $500 millionAnother cycle of hopeful applicants pitched their respective projects to Minnesota’s Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council during two late-August meetings tha...