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- MN Daily Update: CWD hunt coming up Dec. 19-21 in select deer permit areasThe Minnesota DNR holds a late-season deer hunt in select deer permit areas to manage chronic wasting disease. Here’s what to know for this hunt being held De...
- Michigan’s hunting, fishing license sales very similar to ’24Michigan hunting and fishing license sales remained relatively stable in 2025, with deer license sales similar to last year and a roughly 1% decline in fishing ...
- Missouri announces changes for spring 2026 turkey huntThe Missouri Department of Conservation last week announced regulation changes to spring turkey hunting that will reduce the nonresident harvest limit from two ...
- Here are top conceal carry handgun optionsHandgun owners can get defensive about their choice of weapon as they explain their reasoning behind a particular caliber. The most common arguments one might h...
- New York DEC debuts new state lands reservation system for Long Island’s January deer huntThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that the 2026 firearms deer season in Suffolk County will begin Sunday, Jan. 4, a...
- Reflecting on half a century of Wisconsin deer huntingFifteen minutes after squeezing the trigger, I was dumbfounded. The shot at the buck was only a little more than 50 yards and my crosshairs had been squarely on...
- Have you noticed the lowly clubmoss? What to know about an often-overlooked plant in Pennsylvania’s woodsSomewhere between mosses and ferns lies an interesting group of plants known as clubmosses. They are evergreen, so during the winter you might see them popping ...
- When lakes ice over, bluegills become the ‘star of the show’We call them “NINs,” “Nine Inch Nails,” in homage to the rock band of the same name. NINs are what we like our winter bluegills to be. A 9-inch bluegill...
- Michigan’s firearms deer harvest declines from 2024Michigan hunters registered 129,471 whitetails through the DNR’s mandatory online registration system during the 16-day firearms deer season. That’s down ap...
- Michigan’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Dec. 12, 2025Ice anglers fishing in UP, still waiting in Lower. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 12, 2025. The post Michig...
- Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2050On this week’s show, a bow hunt that almost succeeded. Become a hunter education instructor and help train the next generation of hunters. Deer season report ...
- Two cougars caught together on camera in Michigan’s Upper PeninsulaThe majority of recent trail camera photos of cougars in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have been of solitary animals. But Dayne Pulkas from Trimountain got about...
- Late-season bird hunting creates enduring memoriesThe weather provocateurs on the local TV news were giddy with anticipation last week, beating the drums like over-caffeinated jazz percussionists about the pros...
- Ryan Rothstein: Why I switched to copper (and steel) ammunitionI remember the first time I saw the imaging from a study investigating lead fragmentation on shot game. The area of impact was obvious on the gray and blue slid...
- 2025 a big year for lake sturgeon releases in Ohio watersReintroduction efforts for state-endangered lake sturgeon expanded to the Cuyahoga, Sandusky, and Scioto rivers in 2025, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Divisi...