Since 1989, the Wood Duck Challenge has been an Outdoor News institution that encourages youth under the age of 18 to construct and install a wood duck nesting box. For access to complete plans and instructions, check out this video. Categories: How To’s, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, Nature, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos, Wood…
In this Angling Buzz video, Tyler Robinson, a Bemidji State University grad student, and Shannon Fisher, of the Minnesota DNR, discuss a study they’ve been working on – tracking the movement and behavior of burbot/eelpout, a species that’s been growing in popularity over the past several years. Categories: Fishing, Minnesota Videos, News Tags: Angling Buzz, Burbot, Eelpout
Having multiple ice fishing rods for late ice is always a good idea. Joel Nelson and Mike Hehner enjoy hole-hopping for late panfish and explain why they carry along multiple rods with a variety of jigs to mix it up. Categories: Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin…
Crappies are more aggressive than you think. Michael Hehner is on the late Minnesota lakes showing the types of baits he uses on late ice crappies. Categories: Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Crappies, Ice fishing
Rob Drieslein, the managing editor of Outdoor News was asked by Pheasants Forever to moderate a session that included five individuals to discuss threats and opportunities to public lands in Minnesota. If you missed the session at Pheasant Fest, you can now have a look and see what was talked about and discussed at this event.
Outdoor News ventured to Las Vegas for SHOT Show 2020. We stopped by Bushnell, TruGlo, Leupold, and many more booths to check out the latest and greatest in optics for 2020. Categories: Firearms, Firearms Videos, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Firearms, Optics, SHOT show
Outdoor News shooting writer Ron Spomer shares some of the highlights he saw the hunting industry unveil at the recent Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Categories: Firearms, Firearms Videos, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: SHOT show
Tim Lesmeister finds that many of the same technological tools that freshwater anglers employ – like underwater cameras – improve his fishing success near Tampa Bay, Fla. Categories: Blog Content, Fishing, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Tim Lesmeister, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Fishing, Outdoor News, Tim Lesmeister
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently announced 2020 spring turkey hunting season details that are dramatically different from past seasons. Outdoor News Managing Editor/President Rob Drieslein breaks it all down.
Fishing guide Tony Roach shares with Outdoor News one of his best techniques for walleye fishing in cold, deep waters. Categories: Fishing, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Walleye Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Ice fishing, Walleyes
Ice anglers, do you prefer to release the fish you catch? Here are a few of the proper tools to aid successful catch-and-release on the hard water. Categories: Fishing, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Ice fishing
There are many different ways to catch fish when going out ice fishing. Outdoor News’ Jason Revermann shares his favorite technique ice fishing while using set lines rather than other ways when you’re jumping from hole to hole. Categories: Fishing, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos,…
Check out this Angling Buzz video for a few rock-solid tips for catching more (and bigger?) fish through the ice. Categories: Fishing, How To’s, Ice Fishing, Ice Fishing Tips, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Angling Buzz, Ice fishing
Upon his recent passing, a tribute to Berkley Bedell, the founder of Berkley & Co., which eventually became Pure Fishing. A rich and impactful life that left a lasting imprint on the sport fishing industry and beyond. Categories: Fishing, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, New York Videos, News, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos, Wisconsin Videos Tags: Berkley and Company, Berkley…
The recent Hard Water Expo and the St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show helped kick off the 2019-20 ice-fishing season.
Half a million Christmas trees are harvested each holiday season from private tree farms in Minnesota, contributing about $30 million to the state’s economy. For each tree harvested, one to three trees are planted. Real Christmas trees store carbon during their lifespan, and they can be chipped and used for mulch when the season is over, making them an environmentally friendly choice.
In this Angling Buzz video, Jason Mitchell runs through his ice fishin’ snow machine, breaking down each modification from the auger rack in the front to the sled mount on the backside and everything in-between. Categories: Ice Fishing, Minnesota Videos Tags: Angling Buzz, Ice fishing, Snowmobiles
Melissa Bachman shares a great whitetail hunting tip with Outdoor News: hunting over a deer decoy.
No adult or juvenile zebra mussels reported, but number of larvae substantial.
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Yup, first ice is upon us, and two renowned fisheries will be busy as open water gives way to hard water. Here, Minnesota guide Brad Hawthorne with Angling Buzz talk the early season bite windows on Lake Mille Lacs and Red Lake and offers bonus tips for whackin’ walleye on Mille Lacs. Categories: Ice Fishing Tips, Minnesota Videos, News, Walleye, Walleye Videos…
Whenever ethical hunters harvest an animal, they use as much of it as possible. That rule certainly applies to ruffed grouse. Spend a few minutes with Mike Hehner, who shows us how he gets the most meat from his bird.
The Minnesota DNR is conducting a pilot study to screen hunter-harvested deer for the presence of neonicotinoids, and we need you to send in a spleen sample. Neonicotinoid pesticides are insecticides that are applied through seed treatments, in foliar sprays, applied granularly to pastures and injected into trees. A recent study in South Dakota found that white-tailed deer exposed to…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has asked ruffed grouse hunters in northern Minnesota to voluntarily submit samples for a West Nile virus research project that the agency is conducting. Hunters simply pick up a kit at their local DNR office, then submit some feather and tissue samples for testing. In this video, Mike Hehner demonstrates how to use the kit and submit the proper sample.
Knowing the difference between a male and female ruffed grouse can be a little tricky to the naked eye. Michael Hehner sits down with Outdoor News and shows a couple of tricks that help him acknowledge the difference between the two birds. Categories: Hunting, Hunting News, Illinois Videos, Michigan Videos, Minnesota Videos, Nature, New York Videos, Ohio Videos, Pennsylvania Videos,…
If you are not in a mandatory testing area, but would like to test your deer for chronic wasting disease, you can voluntarily submit a sample to the University of Minnesota’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for a fee. This video shows you how to locate and extract the lymph nodes for that test. Categories: CWD, Hunting, Minnesota Videos, Whitetail Deer, Whitetail…
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