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Minnesota’s Brown County Pheasants Forever earns 2025’s Outdoor Leaders Award
If you’re a Minnesota pheasant hunter, consider yourself lucky to have the Brown County chapter of Pheasants Forever on the beat in south-central Minnesota.
The chapter does a great many things for wildlife conservation

North Dakota places new restrictions on nonresident waterfowlers at the urging of resident hunters
Ron Nerva realized his out-of-state waterfowl-hunting plans were sliced in half Aug. 1. That’s when he read about changes to North Dakota’s rules for nonresident hunters.
Nerva, a waterfowler from Tomahawk, Wis., has owned

Wanted: Hunters to control deer numbers that are ‘decimating’ crops in southwest Pennsylvania
Washington County grain farmer Jim Lindley is cautiously optimistic that new and improved Pennsylvania Game Commission programs for agricultural producers will help rein in an overabundance of deer wreaking havoc on his crops and his

Minnesota’s natural bear foods more ‘normal’ this summer
This year’s natural food landscape in Minnesota’s bear country is going to be a different animal from last year, as this season likely will return to a more normal supply of natural bear forage.

Ohio’s outdoors trailblazers: Stories from the Wild Chip Hart’s 30 years in outdoor radio
Chip Hart’s outdoor radio program, The Big Outdoors on 700 WLW, was never intended to be a long-term project.
However, 30 years after its inception on the “nation’s radio station,” The Big Outdoors is

Minnesota DNR denies petition to reject dog trialing at Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area
In June, a group of organizations led by the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League of America filed a petition requesting the DNR not renew or extend the Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area lease

Michigan Mixed Bag: Trappers and Predator Callers 2025 Convention and Sports Show returns to Evart
The Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers 2025 Convention and Sports Show returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16, to the Osceola County Fairgrounds, 101 Recreation Ave., Evart, MI 49631.

Commentary: What can ranching tell us about wolves and whitetails?
Although wolves are a hot topic from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes, reintroduced wolves in Colorado (and to a lesser extent Mexican wolves in Arizona) have been getting the most attention. Mostly, the

Sundays out for spring gobbler season, Pennsylvania Game Commission decides
While Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists believe the addition of Sunday hunting won’t negatively impact wildlife populations, there is an exception.
The Game Commission board approved opening Sunday hunting to the fall seasons, but when