Hunting
Gretchen Steele: Giving thanks for the miracles under our boots
Thanksgiving weekend has a way of slowing us down – if only for a moment. Maybe it’s the quiet of the late-November woods, or the long shadows across the bottoms as the sun drops early.<br
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Reflecting on opening days of New York’s big game season
How often have you heard “where has the time gone?” More than I care to think about or even count, and it’s starting to happen with individual days like the openers of the regular big
Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 26, 2025
Ice-making weather finally arrives across the state. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Nov. 26, 2025.
Steve Carney: My Minnesota duck season was not pretty; and a November to remember for walleyes
The Minnesota duck season is ending soon (it ended Nov. 25 in the north zone, and it ends Nov. 30 in the central zone and Dec. 7 in the south), and once again, it was
Minnesota Mixed Bag: St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show set for Dec. 5-7
As ice forms on waters across Minnesota, St. Paul RiverCentre will play host to the St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show, set for Dec. 5-7.
Streams of Thought: Minnesota hunters, don’t sell your deer shotguns just yet
At this point, it’s clear that the matter is arousing plenty of interest in southern counties, where commissioners may follow 2025 state legislation that allows the use of rifles in what would then be a
Minnesota’s deer harvest up 9% over 2024
With more firearms hunting opportunities on the horizon for Minnesota hunters, the preliminary firearms deer harvest of 131,623 deer – from opener on Saturday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 23 – is up 9% from
Minnesota’s Bluffland Whitetails Association alerts membership to leadership change amid investigation
The southeast Minnesota deer-hunting advocacy group Bluffland Whitetails Association has ended its affiliation with its longtime president, Taylor Bestor, as an investigation of alleged financial irregularities unfolds.
Members received an email early this week
New York’s rut tracker: A second chance in late November, early December
There are unbred does (or those that didn’t take. Deer farmers report that upwards of 50% of natural (vs. artificial insemination) conceptions fail. Does that had late, nursing fawns, and 3.20%+ doe fawns, depending upon
