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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
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Attempted selling of wild mallard ducklings
New reports from Illinois Conservation Police were not available from DNR as this issue of Illinois Outdoor News went to press. The following reports are from past CPO files.
Bill upping size of otter, beaver traps advances in Illinois
A measure backed by the Illinois Trappers Association aimed at increasing the size of foothold traps used for beavers and otters in the state was scheduled for a Second Reading after passing out of the
New York Cuffs & Collars: Search conducted for hunter missing since 2015
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the May 15, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
New York Outdoor News’ Great Lakes preview: Amazing fisheries continue to produce
When it comes to freshwater fishing in New York State, the best one-two combination in the Empire State, as well as the Great Lakes, if not the country, is the dynamic duo of Lake Ontario
Mastering muskie fishing’s art of the figure eight
Ask someone why they fish muskies, and the big esox’s willingness to follow lures and hit at boatside comes up almost immediately. With good reason.
Seeing a muskie suddenly materialize behind a lure as
New York DEC’s Young Forest Initiative becomes Forest Management
It has a new name but the same mission – improving both the quantity and quality of young forest growth across the majority of New York’s wildlife management areas to boost wildlife, both game and
Five big-bass sweetspots in the Great Lakes
It’s no secret that the Great Lakes have produced a lot of big smallmouth bass in recent years.
The smallmouth always have been there, but the influx of protein heavy, non-native gobies as a
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin’s spring hearing voters support license fee increase
Wisconsin’s outdoors community supports paying more to operate the state’s fish and wildlife programs, but not necessarily at any price.
That’s one point to take from nearly 6,900 votes cast during mid-April’s annual conservation
