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Dan Ladd: Hunters, anglers and New York’s new DEC commissioner will need to get to know each other
After a year with interim DEC Commissioner Sean Mahar at the helm following Basil Seggos’ resignation, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently nominated Amanda Lefton to lead the agency. It is assumed the legislature will
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Poaching case from 2023 results in criminal convictions
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Minnesota ‘wood butcher’ creates hand-checkered gunstocks that are both beautiful and functional
Evan Koch calls himself a “wood butcher” on Instagram, but he wields chisels with world-class skill to craft, carve, and checker gunstocks for high-end rifles and shotguns.
Checkering, of course, is functional, yet decorative
Latest federal bill to delist wolves gets a hearing
A former Wisconsin DNR furbearer and large carnivore biologist called the Great Lakes Region wolf population fully recovered – and said that recovery occurred years ago.
Nathan Roberts, now a biology professor at the
Commentary: It’s time to establish a hunting season for Wisconsin’s sandhill cranes
If you want to know what’s happening in rural America, ask a farmer.
Right now, if you ask Wisconsin’s corn growers and potato producers, they’ll tell you our state has a sandhill crane problem.
Understand the four stages of river walleyes to catch more fish this spring
If you live anywhere close to a river that has walleyes, you probably can’t wait to get the fishing season started.
River walleye behavior in early spring is driven by many factors including water
New York NWTF chapter celebrates 50 years of boosting big birds
A 50th anniversary of anything is a big deal, and it was just that when the New York state chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation celebrated 50 years of existence.
The event was
Hunters Feeding Illinois provided 97,000 venison meals during 2024-25 season
Numbers just released by the state’s newest venison donation network puts perspective on the impact of deer hunting in Illinois.
During the 2024-25 season, Hunters Feeding Illinois distributed 25,794 pounds of deer meat to
Commentary: New report on being prepared in case CWD ever ‘spills over’
When it comes to chronic wasting disease (CWD), it’s hard to be optimistic. Bad news stories follow one after the other.
In fact, after over 50 years of cautionary tales, most hunters (and some
