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Minnesota’s annual roadside survey shows statewide pheasant numbers similar to 2023
Pheasant numbers in the 2024 Minnesota August Roadside Survey were similar to 2023 and 19% above the 10-year average, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced this week in releasing the results of the annual

Number of Minnesota small game hunters increased slightly in 2023
The number of small game hunters in Minnesota in 2023 increased slightly from 2022 and was 5% below the 10-year average. Overall, 230,283 small game licenses were sold for the 2023-24 hunting seasons, compared to

What’s the impact of youth hunting seasons in Minnesota, Wisconsin?
Brothers Hunter and Wyatt Krebs, of Alexandria, Minn., are crazy about duck hunting.
Their father, Dean Krebs, set them on that path as an avid hunter himself who has introduced them to hunting for

Ryan Rothstein: Tips to make this your best deer-hunting season
I wish I knew where the year 2024 has gone up until now, but just like that, another deer season is barreling right at us in Minnesota.
The excitement is palpable by now, and

Jeremy Smith: September can be a time to score big on muskies
Muskies are a challenge – arguably the hardest fish to catch in freshwater. You can spend hours or even days with nothing to show for your effort and then, suddenly it happens. The challenges of

Oak Duke: Make your own signpost rub for whitetail hunting
Few marks in the deer woods trip a hunter’s trigger like a smokin’ hot buck rub. White scars in the woods.
But in the last few years, one particular type of buck rub has

Multiple hunting tactics are key to bear hunting in the Great Lakes region
When it comes to hunting bears successfully in the Great Lakes states, it would make sense for bear hunters to play the bulk of their chips in their home state – if it has a

Jeremiah Haas: Best all-around fishing of the year is coming soon
Summer heat is nearly over and with that, some of the best fishing of the year is about to begin. Nearly every species of fish is susceptible to the strong urges to aggressively feed as

Another good year expected when Ohio’s archery whitetail season starts Sept. 28
It should be another banner season for archery deer hunters in Ohio.
That is the word according to Mike Tonkovich, the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s deer project administrator for Ohio Outdoor News’ annual deer