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Minnesota’s spring turkey season on track for top-two finish in harvest
As of early May, it’s no surprise that the 2025 turkey harvest is still on course to likely break the top five rank for all-time harvest, coming in with around 13,220 birds so far this
Minnesota waterfowl seasons set, with split shift in the southern zone
The Minnesota DNR has released the season framework for the 2025 migratory bird-hunting seasons, and it includes one notable change to the duck season in the state’s southern zone.
This year’s 60-day duck season
Minnesota House OKs its budget for state environment
In a minutes-long meeting on Thursday, May 1, the Minnesota Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee moved policy bills previously pulled from omnibus bill S.F. 2077 to S.F. 2781, a bill that modifies environmental review
Notes off a soiled cuff: A hunting story from Pennsylvania that tops them all
As you might imagine, I have heard a lot of hunting stories – this one tops them all:
Not long before dusk last Oct. 9, then 87-year-old Frank Jubara Sr. – a lifelong hunter
Commentary: Michigan House Bill 4073 would handcuff conservation officers
House Bill 4073 is a bad idea, which would have severe implications for Michigan’s natural resources.
The bill requires that conservation officers obtain search warrants to enter private lands. The bill’s sponsor justifies this
New initiatives aired at recent Pennsylvania Game Commission meeting
Under new business at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s recent quarterly meeting, Commissioner Bob Schwalm asked agency staff to examine the possibility of changing the mentored hunting program to allow mentored hunters under 7 years old
Tom Venesky: Anecdotal signs point to good turkey numbers in Pennsylvania
During a recent drive across Pennsylvania on Interstate 80, I noticed quite a few roadkills.
But they weren’t deer. Through a nearly 40-mile stretch of the interstate – from Danville to Loganton – I
Mike Raykovicz: A few thoughts on taking advantage of New York’s turkey season
New York’s spring turkey season is here and across the state, tens of thousands of hunters are in the woods. No doubt some, out of necessity or just plain laziness, will have done little or
Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Man purchases license for friend who ‘wanted to shoot a bigger buck’
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the May 9, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
