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Outdoor News offers annual contest for youth writers

Plymouth, Minn. — Students in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Illinois who fancy themselves a prodigy in outdoors writing should take note of the Outdoor News annual Youth Writing Contest that kicked off Sept. 7, 2018. Outdoor News, Inc., publisher of locally written fishing and hunting outdoor newspapers in seven Great Lake […]

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2018 Outdoor News Print of the Year features artwork by Scot Storm

Plymouth, Minn. — With 22 federal, state, and conservation stamp wins to his name, Minnesota-based Scot Storm’s art clearly contains fine details that breathe life into every image and draw the viewer into the wildlife scenes he creates. Through the celebrated Outdoor News Print of the Year series, Storm’s latest artistry captures an image that

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Outdoor News calendars feature top-flight artwork, information

Plymouth, Minn. — Outdoor News Inc., publisher of locally written fishing and hunting outdoor newspapers in seven Great Lakes states, has published a series of calendars for sportsmen in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Outdoor News Sportsman’s Calendars offer information for hunters and anglers compiled in seven state-specific versions. The

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New York bass fishing tournament: Bertrand’s final-day push wins on St. Lawrence

Waddington, N.Y. — Josh Bertrand called it “a tough day,” yet he still managed to catch a five-bass limit of 23 pounds, 1 ounce. That may say as much about the St. Lawrence River smallmouth fishery as it does Bertrand, who rallied to win the Huk Bassmaster Elite Series event on the famed northern New

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New York grouse drumming survey offers a glimpse into bird numbers

Albany — One of DEC’s chief gauges of the statewide ruffed grouse population comes from, ironically, spring turkey hunters. That annual grouse drumming survey is more a product of sounds than sightings; turkey hunters tally the number of grouse they hear drumming during the bird’s breeding season in May. The results show a per-hour “drumming

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Pennsylvania game agency says fawn numbers are holding steady

Harrisburg — Once again, it all comes down to antlerless licenses. Hunters, for decades, have been told that shooting more or fewer antlerless deer is the one best way to control deer populations across Pennsylvania. The same is true, apparently, when it comes to fawns and predators. That was the message delivered at the Pennsylvania

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Wisconsin’s Columbia County welcomes first no-fee public shooting range in 20-plus years

Poynette, Wis. — For the first time in more than 20 years, southern Wisconsin target shooting enthusiasts will get a new, no-fee public shooting range on public land when the DNR opens the Columbia County Public Target Range on July 24. DNR Secretary Dan Meyer will cut the ribbon at 10 a.m. to welcome all

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