
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Shame on USFWS: Now it’s mergansers? What’s next?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 1, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

A Georgia man was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered forever banned from hunting and fishing in Kansas after illegally hunting game.
According to court documents, Matt Jennings, 35, of Bowdon,

Midsummer finds many anglers in hot pursuit of top-line predators such as pike and muskies that test their skills and savvy.
Rock reefs and large weedbeds are the structures of choice for this kind

Weather events and fronts make for tough fishing. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report on July 30, 2025.

Despite a historically-low estimate of blue-winged teal, Minnesota’s total duck abundance (excluding scaup) was 8% above last year’s estimate, according to the results of the 2025 Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey conducted in May by the

Is it the end of the line for Minnesota deer farmers fighting new laws, directed at their vocation and enacted during the 2023 legislative session?
Following the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision Monday

In the wake of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park closure in early 2024, when the park land was transferred to the Upper Sioux Community, the DNR now says it will allocate $1.55 million each

The North American Board of Directors for Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) announced on Tuesday that Patrick Berry has stepped down from his role as President and CEO, effective July 25, 2025, to pursue new

Hunters can now review the 2025 Minnesota deer hunting regulations, and deer hunting licenses will be available to purchase starting Friday, Aug. 1.
Deer season details for each deer permit area and electronic copies
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