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Steve Carney: An ice season recap, and a word on the Winter Severity Index
What a weird ice-fishing season this year!
The season has to go down as the strangest that I can remember. It started out just fine, but as the season progressed, ice conditions kept a
What gives with South Dakota’s Prairie Unit elk tags? Plus, a goose migration update
The 2024 South Dakota legislative session is chugging along, including movement on a number of outdoors-related bills.
While an attempt to increase the habitat stamp fee for nonresidents failed, efforts to create a conservation
Ron Steffe: Senators say Pennsylvania Game Commission has enough state game lands … I say bull!
I was immediately drawn to a recent front-page story in Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
After Bryan Burhans, Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director, delivered the commission’s annual report to the State Senate Game and Fisheries
Wolf management, shotgun zone elimination for deer, walleye stocking enter legislative fray in Minnesota
With the first committee deadlines about a month away for the state Legislature, there have been plenty of bills discussed in committees along with others recently introduced.
This week, the focus shifted to bills
Pennsylvania veterans group duck hunt in Lake Erie was a frigid but fantastic experience
The northeast U.S. experienced frigid temperatures, snow and high winds during January, forcing waterfowl to begin migrating along the Atlantic Flyway.
One of their stops is Presque Isle Bay in Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.
Outdoor Insights: Important news items crossing my desk this week
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge borders four states and has been a haven for fish and wildlife since 1924.
Scholastic 3D archery program growing fast across Michigan
There are many archery clubs and programs operating both in and out of schools in Michigan, but none quite like the Scholastic 3D Archery Program. Known as S3DA, the program initially began in 2012 in
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Pressured fish? Get the lead out
When I’m forced to ice fish within a pressured community fishing spot or on a body of water full of conditioned/pressured fish, I get the lead out.
There is no doubt that most ice
Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Ducks, geese, swans already spotted in Marshall area
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the March 1, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
