Hunting
Minnesota Mixed Bag: MN-Fish expands board to 20
At its October 8 board meeting, MN-FISH directors voted to add three new members, a move that aims to expand the nonprofit organization’s expertise in social media, content development, and retailer relations.
Outdoor Insights: Time to raise Minnesota fishing license fees for nonresidents? And more election season thoughts
Quick comments on a few stories that have appeared in the news recently.
A buddy’s post on social media last weekend lamented the layers of permits and expense to hunt North Dakota for waterfowl
Minnesota’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 21, 2026
Hot weather keeps more anglers than normal on the water. Here’s the Minnesota fishing and hunting report on Oct. 21, 2026.
Minnesota’s deer harvest trending well ahead of 2025
Wildlife managers from the Minnesota DNR expected hunters would shoot more deer this year, and early harvest numbers this fall have supported that theory.
The statewide youth deer season and the early antlerless hunt
Commentary: The hardest shot in all of hunting
Wing shooting with a bow – taking flying game birds with arrows – is among the oldest and also the most demanding forms of hunting. It predates the use of firearms by thousands of years,
Steve Pollick: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s highs, lows, on conservation front
As his two terms as Ohio’s chief executive wind down, Mike DeWine has earned a legacy as the Conservation Governor.
Under his watch, Ohio’s wildlands holdings have expanded and natural resources have been mostly
Tom Venesky: Can Missouri’s new CWD approach work in Pennsylvania?
Using sharpshooters to kill deer in response to a detection of chronic wasting disease is something I always found questionable.
Does the tactic lower deer numbers in a specific area? Sure it does. Whether
Ohio’s Outdoors Trailblazers: Fred Snyder is a jack of many trades on Lake Erie
Fred Snyder is no stranger to many of Lake Erie’s fishermen, Great Lakes Sea Grant agents and university researchers, Ohio State University Extension staff, former students, and fellow outdoor writers.
He grew up in
Minnesota’s black bear kill rises to largest total in over two decades
Minnesota’s 2026 bear season now ranks among the tops in state history, with the highest harvest totals in two decades.
Dan Stark, large carnivore specialist for the DNR, said 4,168 bears had been registered
