Hunting
Pennsylvania bill would allow Game Commission to set license fees
In 2020 state legislators entrusted the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission with the ability to set its own license fees.
Now they want to do the same thing with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. House
North Dakota releases annual prairie grouse survey results
Each spring, North Dakota Game and Fish Department staff count the number of male sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie chickens and greater sage grouse dancing on breeding ground “leks,” while also tallying the number of male
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Improved Green, Elkhorn Lake accesses ready for public use
Citizens recreating on Green and Elkhorn lakes have some newly improved options for getting boats and other watercraft on the water.
Guest Editorial: An outdoors to-do list for Minnesota’s next governor
When Tim Walz first ran for governor in 2018, he built his campaign around a simple promise with the “One Minnesota” slogan. The idea was straightforward. A state as geographically and culturally diverse as ours
Jeremiah Haas: Time to start gathering early season buck intel
As this summer eventually eases into fall, deer hunters will start to wonder what bucks are around from the previous year, get an idea how much antler growth has happened on the bucks that we
Oak Duke: Never trust a hungry bear (and bears are always hungry)
The other day on the trout stream…contemplation was shattered by a young man yelling downstream. Arguing. Loud yelling on a trout stream…unheard of!
The times are changing all right…and not for the better. “A
Counting Ghosts: How wildlife biologists estimate deer density
Ask a room full of deer hunters how many deer live in their county and you’ll likely get a dozen different answers. Some will insist the woods are overrun with deer. Others will argue the
Dean Bortz: Wisconsin sportsmen should be tracking discussion from Natural Resources Board meetings
If anyone who reads this newspaper has a spare 20 to 25 minutes at any point in the day, please go to the Wisconsin DNR TV channel, or just type in Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin hunter achieves dream of taking Montana tom cougar
Addie Schroeder will be the first to admit she’s one lucky girl in all sorts of ways. While the variety of local Wisconsin outdoor adventures she’s experienced are some of them, tagging a Montana mountain
