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Top tips to get your birds as pheasant season winds down
As the big rooster rose from the prairie grass, I was navigating lumpy ground created by a herd of cattle that had grazed here during a wet year. Cattle make a mess of pheasant habitat

Patrick Durkin: New age of deer hunting brings little joy in Wisconsin
You might assume state hunters were happy they shot a deer every other second during November’s nine-day gun season.
You’re wrong, of course. Hunters registered 85,773 bucks and 89,123 antlerless deer during the gun

Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Hunting in the “mountains” of southern Minnesota
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of Outdoor News.

Steve Carney: Looking back on a strange 2023 bowhunting season for whitetails
What a strange 2023 bowhunting season it was for this hunter!
I reviewed my logbook for the fall deer-hunting season, which revealed that I was in various stands and ground blinds a total of

Commentary: What would Teddy Roosevelt think about today’s hunters and anglers?
Theodore Roosevelt believed in the restorative benefits of hunting – as well as the importance of conserving wildlife for its own sake. His philosophy of conservation lived on through the actions of government, although opposed

Agencies expect further decline in the number of Minnesota deer farms
The Minnesota DNR and state Board of Animal Health implemented several changes in cervidae farm management in 2023 after the state Legislature passed several new laws that altered oversight and regulations for certain farms.

USFWS charts a new path for Great Lakes’ gray wolves: Could federal delisting be years away?
On the heels of a deer-hunting season during which northern Minnesota hunters expressed displeasure with the kill and turned their collective ire toward gray wolves’ effects on the whitetail herd, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Fish the best waters at the right time of year for ice-fishing success
Fishing is all about what water you’re on, whether that’s a lake or river. The ability of either the lake or river to produce fish is most important above all else when it comes to

Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Illegal baiting and unregistered deer most common violations in Dunn County
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the Wisconsin DNR. These reports are from the Dec. 29, 2023, edition of Outdoor News.