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- Artificial intelligence won’t find you a deer, but may find you trouble as a hunterAt 4:54 a.m. on opening day of the 2025 bowhunting season, a curious Illinois hunter took one last sip of coffee and paused before shutting down his laptop to h...
- WI Daily Update: DNR releases preliminary numbers from 2025 firearms deer seasonThe Wisconsin DNR released its preliminary totals for license sales and harvest for the 2025 firearms deer season. Listen here for details. The post WI Daily Up...
- MN Daily Update: DNR’s EagleCam goes live for the seasonThe Minnesota DNR’s EagleCam went live on Dec. 2. Listen here for more about the “new season” of the EagleCam. The post MN Daily Update: DNR’s EagleCam ...
- State Roundup: Is now a better time to push for an earlier Wisconsin gun season for deer?I can’t believe we’ve nearly reached the end of another year of enjoying Wisconsin’s great outdoors, with a wonderful Thanksgiving still close in the rear...
- Sam Gordy’s Slough on Pool 6 of the Upper Mississippi River ‘open for business’ after timely projectSediment blocking the movement of well oxygenated water into one of the Mississippi River’s deeper sloughs – and threatening fish survival – brought about...
- Steve Griffin: Making outdoor memories between opening, closing daysOpening days of hunting and fishing seasons get plenty of attention but more and more, I think of them as appetizers and season endings as desserts. Both are wo...
- When the water finally hardens in Pennsylvania, it’s trout timeIn Pennsylvania the traditional start of trout season is in mid-April – that’s for all the open-water anglers across the state. But for thousands of anglers...
- Whitefish, cold water, and lessons learned beneath the surfaceWhitefish? Yes, please. Some of my earliest memories take me back to St. Ignace, Michigan. A family member owned a small smoke shop there, and he’d arise earl...
- Strikemaster Lazer Mag: An ice auger’s rise – or decline? – to stardomI recall clearly the year 1998. It was during ’98 that I received as a Christmas gift from my now dearly-departed (not dead, just departed) ex-wife. It was my...
- George Meyer, longtime advocate for Wisconsin’s natural resources, facing his latest battle head-onHe was the right man, at the right place, at the right time. He is George Meyer, past-secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and retir...
- Is an ice-fishing season on its way for Ohio anglers? Here are some best bets for first iceAre we going to get some ice this winter fishing season in Ohio? It is starting to look that way. The ocean wind and temperature occurring over the central and ...
- Steve Piatt: Are all-day sits worth it? Sometimes, hunting hurts a bitThere’s a certain level of discomfort, even pain, involved in deer hunting, and there’s really no way of avoiding it if you spend any serious time in pursui...
- Lake Erie laker spawning grounds improved in New YorkThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the completion of an experimental aquatic habitat reclamation project on Brocton ...
- ‘Cleaner’ Illinois River may invite invasive scud; Scientists fear impact on Lake Michigan sport fishThrough the murky waters of the Illinois River, scud have been moving steadily toward Lake Michigan. Scientists are worried that if the invasive reaches the lak...
- Mike Raykovicz: National Archery in the Schools Program stronger than everWhen I was in high school back in the stone age, physical education (we called it gym) consisted of playing games, climbing ropes, or workouts on gymnastic equi...