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New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 11, 2026
Fishing and hunting opportunities both come to life as September rolls on. Here’s the New York fishing and hunting report on Sept. 11, 2026.
Recent favorable winters set the stage for Minnesota’s 2026 archery opener
After a record-setting year for archery harvests in 2025, Minnesota’s 2026 season is gearing up to be another strong one given the favorable winter that boosted the state’s deer population.
Paul Burr, deer coordinator
Fall trout fishing in Minnesota’s driftless region… a magical time of year
Yes, fall is in the air. Each morning you feel it, don’t you? This is good news for the trout angler.
Brown trout and brook trout spawn in the fall and they are putting
140,000-plus hunters seek Wisconsin bear tags, points
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife biologists say bear hunters should again expect a quality hunt this fall, with the state seeing strong bear numbers in most zones.
For this season, more than
George Shiras, the beginning of wildlife photography and early concepts of trail cameras
In 1890, cameras were very crude. It was difficult to get a good photographic image, especially for something other than a human portrait or scenic landscape where the subject didn’t move for the relatively long
Commentary: Another perspective on citizen advisory committees in Minnesota
Minnesota’s fish, wildlife, and public lands belong to all Minnesotans. The decisions we make about how we steward resources today will have consequences long after any of us avid outdoorsmen and women are gone. I
Tactics for late-summer walleyes
I have a somewhat fraught relationship with late-summer walleyes.
The dog-day routine of dawn and dusk flurries of activity and the sometimes slow approach necessary on clear natural lakes… trolling leadcore along the basin
Teg Nugent, Jerry Dennis and Mark Kenyon make up Michigan Outdoor Hall of Fame’s 2026 class
Rock ‘n roll legend Ted Nugent is on a roll, so to speak. On Aug. 7, he was inducted into the Michigan Outdoor Hall of Fame during a ceremony in the Webber Wildlife Center in
Pro Tip of the Week: Watch long-range forecasts for waterfowl migration tips
Ducks will always have my heart, but chasing Canada geese gets me fired up. There is nothing like big Canadas on a migration day. Those are the days that I look forward to more than
