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Wildlife councils spread positive message on hunting, fishing, but does it work?
Michigan and Colorado recognize that the future of hunting and fishing depend on the goodwill of Americans who don’t hunt or fish (and are unlikely to start).
Both have legislatively established wildlife councils that

Wisconsin’s Chippewa tribes spear 38,832 total walleyes during 2024 season
Tribal spearers from Wisconsin’s six Chippewa tribes across the ceded territory reported a near-record 38,832 walleyes during an extended spring spearing season in 2024.
The total walleye number was accompanied by a relatively standard

Central New York Fishing Report – August 16-23, 2024
Jigging for kings, lakers, and coho is proving to be very effective on the big lake.

Michigan Outdoor News Fishing Report – August 16, 2024
Nice, big kings are being caught on the Great Lakes. Variety the name of the game on inland lakes.
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo set for Aug. 24 in Oshkosh
The fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo will run Saturday, Aug. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh with a long list of activities and seminars for hunting dogs,

Volunteers from Wisconsin’s halted co-op trout rearing program have voices heard in meeting with DNR staff
They came to an open forum looking for answers as to why what seemed like a perfect marriage of a government program and the private sector – the long-running trout rearing co-op program – was

Special report: Wisconsin DNR’s tight budget under scrutiny
Back in January at the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting, DNR officials reminded NRB members that the bulk of fisheries, wildlife, and law enforcement funding comes from the “conservation fund,” also known as the

Michigan offers a smorgasbord of fishing opportunities in September
September is a month of anticipation for Michigan outdoor enthusiasts.
Hunters eagerly are preparing for the early teal and goose seasons, and archers are diligently tending their food plots. The excitement is building for

Steve Pollick: An ode to two remarkable Ohio outdoorsmen in Mike Budzik and Roy Kroll
If there is someone who has poured more blood, sweat, and tears into fostering sportsmen’s interests in Ohio in the last 45 years than Mike Budzik, I have not met him, or her.
“Bud,” as