Wetlands, forests get boost from U.S. Senate
Staff Report
October 29, 2025
That legislation should be of special interest to sportsmen and women, per TRCP.
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Wisconsin bear hunters have season on par with prior years
Staff and News Reports
October 29, 2025
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary results from the 2025 bear season. Bear hunters harvested 3,724 bears during the 35-day season, placing this season on par with the five-year average of about 3,800
Minnesota’s youth, antlerless hunts boost 2025 deer harvest
Natalie Ryder
October 29, 2025
Following the early antlerless and youth deer hunts, Oct. 16-19, the number of harvested deer in Minnesota ticked up by 11% this season as of Monday Oct. 20.
“We were slow at the beginning.
Groups worry about outdoors during shutdown with more layoffs possible
Natalie Ryder
October 29, 2025
As the end of October approaches, the federal government remains shut down, as it has been since the start of the month.
While many effects accompany a government shutdown, its impacts on natural resources
Patrick Durkin: Biologist Keith McCaffery left mark in Wisconsin’s deer woods
Patrick Durkin
October 29, 2025
American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “If a single man plants himself on his convictions and then abides, the huge world will come ’round to him.”
Maybe so, but Keith McCaffery, 86, of Rhinelander,
Christine Thomas: Boys of October show up at little cabin
Christine Thomas
October 29, 2025
One of the first columns that I wrote for Wisconsin Outdoor News in 2020 was called The Boys of Summer. It was about the trail camera fun we have at the little cabin.
Through
Ducks Unlimited, Illinois DNR team with Scheels to rehab Sanganois Walk-In
Staff Report
October 29, 2025
A major sporting goods retailer partnered with Ducks Unlimited and the Illinois DNR to rehab a critical wetland restoration effort at the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area walk-in, a 402-acre unit open to public
New York’s organized hunts help youth bag waterfowl, pheasants
Staff Report
October 29, 2025
Organized pheasant, waterfowl and deer hunts have been taking place across New York on early fall weekends, providing young hunters the opportunity to pursue big and small game alike, with a mentor.
And for
On the hunt for an Adirondack backcountry black bear
Jeff Thomas
October 28, 2025
Smoke from the fire drifted up through the pines and disappeared into the darkness, a brook trout caught earlier in the day sizzled over the flames while I sat with a Colt Kodiak in a
