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December 18, 2025

Wisconsin’s Maple Lake Frozen Ice Challenge Feb. 7 in Three Lakes

Featured, Fishing, News, Wisconsin /

Anglers and fishing families are invited to Wisconsin’s Maple Lake in Three Lakes on Saturday, Feb. 7, for the second running of a fishing tournament that will offer $2,500 in cash prizes and a new bass division.
The Maple Lake Frozen Ice Challenge is being staged by the Three Lakes Fish & Wildlife Improvement Association with promotional help from the Three Lakes Area Visitors Bureau.

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Mike Raykovicz: Going all in for one specific buck

Blogs, Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, New York, Opinion /

The first time I saw him, I said he’d be the only one for me and, no, that’s not what my wife said the first time she met me. 
Last September, like most other bow hunters I know, I placed six of my trail cameras in several promising hunting areas to monitor any potential deer that may have been there. One of these locations was an overgrown cow pasture sprawling over nearly 200 acres. The pasture had everything a deer could want, including several small streams, abundant cover, and mature oak and beech trees.

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Mystery solved: Elusive cougar cubs documented again in Michigan

Featured, Home Page News, Michigan, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

Nine months after two cougar kittens were documented in the Upper Peninsula, a new trail camera photo indicates the elusive animals are still alive and living with their mother.
The Michigan DNR verified a Dec. 6, 2025 photo of an adult cougar being followed by two kittens down a snowy trail in central Ontonagon County. The last time the kittens were documented – in early March – they were only about two months old and their mother was not in sight, raising concerns about the kittens’ survival.

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North Dakota winter fishing rules anglers need to know

Fishing, Minnesota, National Fishing, National News, News /

One of the long-standing goals of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is to keep hunting and fishing regulations as simple and straightforward as possible, all while ensuring the protection of the resource for future generations.
That balance isn’t always easy. But behind the scenes, every proposed change is closely reviewed, with a key question in mind. Will this make things unnecessarily frustrating for hunters or anglers?

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Pheasant study from Minnesota looks at prevalence of neonicotinoids

9 Comments / Discussions, Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, National News, News /

If you’ve hunted pheasants on a state wildlife management area in southwestern Minnesota during the past two years on or near the opener of the season, you may have happened upon a Minnesota DNR wildlife official with an odd request.
“We asked hunters if we could have one of their harvested birds,” said Steven Woodley, Minnesota DNR upland game research scientist, who works in the agency’s Madelia office. “We were looking for a donation.”
The pitch also came with an explanation.

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Bob Gwizdz: Michigan needs a new license fee package for outdoor users

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Fishing, National Hunting, Opinion /

I had the opportunity to drop in on Hunter Appreciation Day at Rose Lake State Wildlife Research Area recently and chat with a couple of Michigan Department of Natural Resources staffers as well as some fellow sportsmen, but I didn’t go there originally for that purpose.
It was opening day of the back half of pheasant season, so I was out there anyway – though I had to wait around for the 10 a.m. event to begin as I had my birds well before that. But I had a deer head in the back of the truck, so it was an opportunity to get it aged, too. My main takeaway was just how big a job the DNR has.

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Steve Pollick: Seasonal wetlands need protecting from today’s politics

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion /

If you are a duck hunter, a kayaker who loves prowling the skinny backwaters of marshlands, or a birder who revels in the sights and sounds of sandhill cranes, trumpeter and tundra swans, American pelicans, and countless springtime neotropical songbird migrants, beware the mischief afoot these days in Washington, D.C.
Me? I am an “all of the above” outdoorsman when it comes to the aforementioned activities, and I am concerned about what the Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to do to what is called WOTUS – Wetlands of the United States.

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Fond du Lac moose take at 18; other tribal harvest in Minnesota yet unknown

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, National News, News /

While the tribal moose harvest for Fond du Lac, Bois Forte, and Grand Portage tribal members ends Dec. 31, Fond du Lac wildlife biologist Mike Schrage said he suspects that harvest is mostly done for the season.
“Typically, most of our moose harvest is done by mid-October, so I’m not expecting many more animals to be taken,” Schrage said.

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Outdoor Insights: Help for outdoors funding on the way in Minnesota?

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Minnesota, National Fishing, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion /

Next month, the Minnesota DNR will submit a report to the Legislature with details on possibly launching an outdoor recreation endorsement.
Outdoor News has reported for several years on this DNR administration’s goal to develop new longer-term funding sources. Well, this endorsement option may have potential. We’ll know more in January, but here’s a tease.

Outdoor Insights: Help for outdoors funding on the way in Minnesota? Read More »

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