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Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 22, 2024
Pleasant weather keeping anglers on the water. A look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 22, 2024.

Ohio’s fall wild turkey harvest lags behind at midpoint
At about the midpoint in Ohio’s revamped fall wild turkey hunting season, the statistics are strongly suggesting a decline in the number of birds shot.
However, the drop cannot be blamed on fewer wild

CWD testing of deer taking place in Michigan’s NLP and UP areas
This year, chronic wasting disease testing in Michigan will still be focused in some areas of the northern Lower Peninsula as well as the Upper Peninsula.

Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Officers work together to solve case of poached 13-point buck
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Tom Venesky: Let Pennsylvania farmers compost the deer they shoot for crop damage
Crop damage caused by wildlife in Pennsylvania, particularly deer, has been at the forefront for years, yet a solution has yet to be found.
The Sunday hunting bill, which is also known as the

Legend or reality? Breaking the code of CWD myths
You have heard about chronic wasting disease, or CWD, and probably wondered what causes it, who is affected, and what is happening to the white-tailed deer in Illinois. Here, we will decode CWD and discuss

Michigan teenager shoots 600-pound black bear
Fifteen-year-old Lilly Scott from Croswell, Mich., got off to an amazing start as a hunter. Her first big game kill was a black bear with a live weight over 600 pounds that she shot on

Another unseasonably hot fall hampers Michigan’s early elk hunt
When a big package arrived in the mail from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Auburn resident Dylan Lightfoot got a little nervous. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, what did I do,’” Lightfoot said.

Three ways to (sort of) beat a buck’s nose
Scent control has been a hot topic in deer hunting for a long, long time. In fact, it was probably a real concern even as far back as when we were wearing animal hides and