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Minnesota Mixed Bag: Spring turkey kill running behind last year’s pace
The Minnesota DNR reports that spring turkey harvest is running behind 2025. Through C-season, hunters harvested 11,695 birds compared to 13,480 at the same point in 2025. The total for the B season was 3,675,

Minnesota’s LSOHC bill clears Senate Finance Committee, Roseau project delayed
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council appropriations are a step closer to funding projects. During the Senate Finance Committee meeting May 6, the bill moved out of committee and headed to the Senate floor.
The

Steve Piatt: Unpacking the New York DEC’s deer dilemma
Colonel Nathan Jessup – played by Jack Nicholson in the movie “A Few Good Men” – had it right when he defiantly stated on the witness stand, “You want us on that wall! You need

Commentary: Wisconsin’s sandhill crane season bill proof that one vote does, indeed, matter
When an organization like the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) asks me to write an article or editorial, I rarely write it in first person. This topic, this goal, this commitment to the management of a

Encore coming off a record-breaking walleye year for New York’s Lake Erie anglers?
New York’s portion of Lake Erie was unbelievable in 2025 when it came to walleye catching.
It set the all-time mark for catch rates in the history of record keeping conducted by the state’s

Wisconsin learn-to-hunt program welcomes first-time turkey hunters of all ages
Nate Harms grew up in Clark County, a hotbed of hunting activity in west-central Wisconsin.
Harms, who recently retired after teaching fifth grade at Waupaca Middle School for several years, never hunted while attending

May walleye tips that work – video
Six simple but important tips that will help you find and catch more walleyes this May so you can stop guessing and start putting more fish in the boat.

Rare white fawn spotted on Iowa’s Indian Hills Community College campus
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed the rare sighting of a newborn white fawn on the Indian Hills Community College campus today, and is urging the public to enjoy the sight from a distance.<br

Missouri hunters take over 45,000 birds during regular spring turkey season
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows turkey hunters checked 45,475 birds during Missouri’s 2026 regular spring turkey season, which ran April 20 through May 10.
Top harvest counties for the