
Outdoor Insights: Wild deer for sale? Idea still deserves a hard pass
A buddy sent me a link to a story that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly back in January.
Titled “Eat More Deer – America is letting good meat go to waste,” the piece advocated

A buddy sent me a link to a story that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly back in January.
Titled “Eat More Deer – America is letting good meat go to waste,” the piece advocated

The .41 Great Lakes, a mostly new straight-wall cartridge has a great story behind it. I suppose it should still be considered a wildcat round, but the originators, friends John Upp and Larry Miller, both

After 35-plus years of contentious actions and no permanent action on federal wolf delisting, it is time to move forward. Wisconsin has more wolves in developed areas than any other location in the hemisphere. Wisconsin

I can’t remember the exact number of Independence Days I’ve spent on boats.
Now, it’s often on my boat, a friend’s boat, and decades ago it was on my dad’s boat. Fishing is often

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 26, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Asked to put a nice round number to it, most who work in Michigan waterfowl circles will say the state’s wood duck population flies right around the 100,000 mark.
It’s hard to argue with

Across the Midwest, conservation has long rested on a careful balance between public oversight, science-based wildlife management, and the principle that fish and wildlife are held in trust for all citizens.
Illinois Senate Bill

Shortly after salmon were stocked in the Great Lakes to take advantage of the overabundance of invasive alewives, health experts warned, “Don’t eat the fish. They are contaminated with DDT, Toxaphene, Chlordane and other chlorinated

For at least the fifth year in a row, bear registrations in the Upper Peninsula have exceeded the Michigan DNR’s predicted harvest. This time, the difference between the two numbers is the second highest it
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