Oklahoma is just the most recent states to price out the less wellto-do of big-game hunters, with more than a doubling of the fee charged of whitetail hunters. Rothstein argues that states that jack up such prices in similar fashion aren’t doing themselves any favors over the long haul.
Ryan Rothstein: In Oklahoma, more of the same wrong thinking about nonresident hunters Read More »
Big lures for big fish have been a strong trend in recent years regardless of the species you’re trying to catch, but the pendulum is starting to swing the other way. As muskies, pike, and bass get caught and released and become conditioned to new presentations, wise anglers often revert to old standbys and continue putting fish in their boat.
One full-time fishing guide who has worked the Madison Chain of Lakes in southern Wisconsin for nearly 30 years has lately looked to classic inline spinners, as well as spinnerbaits, to keep his customers happy.
Targeting muskies and other big fish with classic spinners Read More »
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Famer Gary Roach loves to chase
MN Daily Update: Mr. Walleye’s approach to catching the biggest crappies Read More »
All the twists and turns and trips and tricks navigated by Tammy Miller over her nearly three decades with the DNR were the result of a particular skill learned by rural small-town farm kids across Illinois unafraid to change gears – even if some grinding is involved.
That skill: “Figuring things out.”
In fact, that’s exactly how one Outdoor News reader described Miller while nominating her for the Illinois Outdoor News “Person of the Year.”
Wautoma’s Carole Clark was a four-time All-America archer at Arizona State University (1977-80), but the Sun Devil Hall of Famer might not have realized her Olympics-level talent if she hadn’t goofed off in ninth-grade gym class.
Fortunately for Clark, her gym teacher at Camelback High School in Phoenix sentenced her to detention. When the then Carole Cheuvront, age 14, showed up after school, her gym teacher suggested she spend detention learning to shoot archery. That teacher was Gretchen L. James, a Dodgeville, Wis., native who died Feb. 17 at age 96.
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin native Gretchen James helped form world-class archers Read More »
It rained hard on the Northeast Ohio Zone turkey hunters’ parade opening weekend and continued to dampen the season’s first several days as well.
And the rain was not being kind to the rest of the state’s wild turkey hunting cadre, either. Wild turkey hunters across Ohio have taken 12,451 birds so far during the 2025 spring season, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reported May 5.
Rain puts a damper on Ohio turkey hunting as harvest ticks down a bit Read More »
The gobbler was working his way in. Finally! It had been tough out there that particular spring with not much gobbling. But you never know when turkey hunting. Keep plugging away at it. Luck can change in a heartbeat.
My hen decoy was set up next to a dusting spot, a good-sized turkey excavation in a wheel barrow-sized anthill. She was doing her job, and I was fingering the shotgun’s safety. He’d come into range any minute now. Then… more gobbling off to the side.
Oak Duke: Dealing with bully jakes Read More »
There’s something timeless and softly strong about taking a child fishing for the first time. It doesn’t require a fancy boat, expensive equipment, or even a guarantee of landing anything.
It requires time, patience, and a desire to slow down and give something real. A quiet morning with a rod and reel is a profound present in an era when so much of childhood is spent staring at screens, keeping schedules, and participating in structure.
Gretchen Steele: A first cast often means forever hooked Read More »
A debate continues among scientists over whether tree composition in forests in eastern North American historically have been influenced more by climate or by cultural burning, which is the intentional and controlled use of fire by Indigenous people to manage their environment.
Now, a new study of southern New England forests by a team including a researcher from Penn State lends credence to the cultural burning hypothesis, suggesting that fire-tolerant vegetation – oak, hickory and pine – were significantly more abundant near Indigenous settlements over the last 5,000 years.
Study shows Native Americans’ forest burning increased fire-tolerant trees such as oaks Read More »
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