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New York Mixed Bag: Summer boaters reminded to follow clean, drain, dry practices
Albany — As the summer boating season begins its busiest stretch DEC reminds boaters of all types of vessels not to forget to take steps to protect New York’s waters from aqauatic invasive species. AIS
State Roundup: A mostly positive outlook for Wisconsin pheasant, ruffed grouse hunters
Wisconsin’s pheasant and ruffed grouse prospects for this fall came in from the DNR last week, with the news mostly positive for small game hunters.
According to a DNR press release, results of the
Rule involving technology used for trapping needs review, says Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) held off on adopting a rule proposed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that would set standards for using technology to tend traps, along with several hunting rule
7% bump in Wisconsin’s breeding duck numbers from ’24 may not tell the full story
Taylor Finger, game bird ecologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), told attendees of a June 30 DNR Migratory Game Bird Advisory Committee meeting that the total breeding duck estimate in Wisconsin this
Dan Ladd: New York’s summer sport shows face challenges
Behind the scenes at this and any newspaper is what we call an editorial calendar. It serves a number of purposes, one obviously being related to content that appears in this publication that is assigned
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Short bass at bottom of the bucket of white suckers
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the July 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Mixed Bag: Names released in Isle Royale case
The two campers who were found dead at a remote campground at Isle Royale National Park have been identified as Bradley Baird, 30, and John Baird, 60, of Northville, Mich., the Keweenaw County Clerk and
Man admits 49-point nontypical buck presented as state record came from a farm
The Wisconsin man who submitted a 300-plus inch nontypical buck as a potential state record has now admitted his story of harvesting the buck during the 2024 muzzleloader season was a lie.
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‘Reserved hunts’ in Michigan offer meaningful opportunities for many
Since 2015 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division has offered “Reserved Hunts” inside of the Sharonville State Game Area (SGA), which rests in parts of both Jackson and Washtenaw counties in southern Michigan.
