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Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage Fund has additional $23 million available
Following the state’s November budget forecast, the Minnesota Management and Budget office announced that there would be an additional $23 million available for the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council to appropriate this upcoming year.
With

Megan Plete: On a buck’s trail and lessons etched in snow
Tracking a white-tailed buck in the snow looks dreamy in photos.
It has all the elements that make a nostalgic hunting postcard scene: a clean white landscape, hanging branches, and a wool-clad hunter moving

Streams of Thought: It’s the little things that add up to a great year
As I set out to write this last-of-the-year column, I figured I’d reminisce. You know, jot down all sorts of landmarks and highlights regarding my outdoors world in 2025, and those of the Minnesota hunting

Dean Bortz: Wisconsin 21-year-old tags 637-pound bear
Wisconsin’s bear-hunting women had great success during the September/October bear season. Those ladies killed some big bears, including a couple of bruins that topped 500 pounds.
Add Kyler Rundquist, age 21, of Clayton, to

More Sunday hunting may be in store in Pennsylvania
Hunters can expect additional Sundays to be added to the 2026-27 seasons when the Pennsylvania Game Commission board meets on Jan. 30-31.
Currently, an additional 13 Sundays were added via an executive order last

Spring turkey permit processes indicate no evidence of changes for Illinois’ 2026 season
The application period for the second lottery for Illinois spring season permits is open and runs through Jan. 12. All hunters are eligible to apply for one turkey permit – and hunters who were not

Minnesota Mixed Bag: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers ‘North Country Icebreaker’ set for Jan. 24 at Breezy Point
Breezy Point, Minn. — The Minnesota chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers will host its North Country Icebreaker on Jan. 24 at Breezy Point Resort in Breezy Point.

New York artist makes dress entirely from shotgun shells for holidays
Denise Moody’s artistic creation makes for a unique decoration during the holiday season at the Lakeside Vista Restaurant and Tavern on the western shore of Otisco Lake, the eastern-most Finger Lake.
It’s a dress

Ralph Loos: Illinois wild turkey survey relying too heavily on people like us?
It had been a bit since I last clicked on the Illinois DNR’s Wild Turkey Survey, a place anyone can visit to see the “what, when and where” of wild turkey sightings up and down