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Follow these five rules of shed-hunting etiquette
Shed hunting in Minnesota is still blissfully unregulated. Meanwhile, some Western states now have seasons and even require completion of an online ethics course or the purchase of a conservation stamp prior to shed hunting.

Outdoor News’ 2024 ATA & SHOT Show review
The bustling 2024 Archery Trade Association and the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade shows happened this winter in St. Louis, Mo., and Las Vegas respectively.
Now that the wheelin’ and dealin’ from those two events

Gear & Gadgets: See-through hunting blinds from TideWe, and more
Unique Invisible Design: TIDEWE hunting blind is equipped with three full panels of one-way see through material.

Steve Carney: An ice season recap, and a word on the Winter Severity Index
What a weird ice-fishing season this year!
The season has to go down as the strangest that I can remember. It started out just fine, but as the season progressed, ice conditions kept a

What gives with South Dakota’s Prairie Unit elk tags? Plus, a goose migration update
The 2024 South Dakota legislative session is chugging along, including movement on a number of outdoors-related bills.
While an attempt to increase the habitat stamp fee for nonresidents failed, efforts to create a conservation

Ron Steffe: Senators say Pennsylvania Game Commission has enough state game lands … I say bull!
I was immediately drawn to a recent front-page story in Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
After Bryan Burhans, Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director, delivered the commission’s annual report to the State Senate Game and Fisheries

Wolf management, shotgun zone elimination for deer, walleye stocking enter legislative fray in Minnesota
With the first committee deadlines about a month away for the state Legislature, there have been plenty of bills discussed in committees along with others recently introduced.
This week, the focus shifted to bills

Pennsylvania veterans group duck hunt in Lake Erie was a frigid but fantastic experience
The northeast U.S. experienced frigid temperatures, snow and high winds during January, forcing waterfowl to begin migrating along the Atlantic Flyway.
One of their stops is Presque Isle Bay in Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.

Outdoor Insights: Important news items crossing my desk this week
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge borders four states and has been a haven for fish and wildlife since 1924.