Hunting
Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 9, 2026
Angling pressure down, but not because fish aren’t active. Here’s the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report across the state on Oct. 9, 2026.
Steve Carney: Bowhunting ground blind do’s and don’ts
Every year I get more dedicated to hunting from ground blinds during the bow season. Last season I tagged two of my three deer from ground blinds.
Hunting from a ground blind is not
For fall turkeys, find the feast, then pick a fight
To understand how to have a great fall turkey hunt, you must acknowledge the primary driver of the birds’ October behavior: food.
Spring hunts are dominated by the breeding season, but fall hunts all
Minnesota DNR not implementing three-duck bag option
The Minnesota DNR on Thursday said it will not be implementing a proposed three-bird “splash-duck” option for Minnesota waterfowlers.
The agency had pitched the idea this summer for duck season 2027, and a public
Best time to target that big buck? Don’t wait for the rut
Rut-crazed bucks may be easier to encounter, but for a specific buck, early season may be better.
There’s no doubt that when it comes to increasing your chances at a trophy buck, the rut
Kristin Ojaniemi: Story of a rare color-phase bear from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
It’s not too often you hear of a bear with fur other than black being seen or even harvested here in the Upper Peninsula, but this season a group of hound hunters in the Western
Using steel shot for hunting takes some practice on range
My initial impression of steel was wrong. Those first steel loads, sometimes copper, hit the shelves in the late 1980s.
And so it goes with involuntary change, the shotgun shells were not something to
A quick chat with Jim and Will Pattiz, brothers behind morethanjustparks.com
Outdoor News has monitored the website Morethanjustparks.com with increasing frequency for its one-stop shopping content on America’s most important public properties. The site contains planning links for visiting national forests, refuges, and parks, as well
Winners chosen for Minnesota’s pheasant and wild turkey 2027 stamps
Farmington artist Heidi Haugen won the pheasant stamp contest with an acrylic painting of a pheasant. The contest had 11 eligible submissions.
