Hunting
Histories Forgotten: Illinois hires first game wardens in the 1880s
Throughout the late 1870s, state legislatures around the country were passing laws designed to protect fish and game from annihilation at the hands of market men. In Illinois, in 1873, the state legislature elevated game
After much debate, Ohio’s grouse season a go in 2023, same as ’22
The debate over whether or not to continue to hold a ruffed grouse hunting season is over for now.
On Aug. 2, three members of the Ohio Wildlife Council, the rule-making arm of the
Increasing bear numbers in both peninsulas reason for optimism heading into Michigan’s 2023 hunting season
Michigan wildlife managers and experienced hunters aren’t expecting big changes for the 2023 bear hunting season that starts next month, though they believe a relatively dry spring and other factors like oak wilt and wolves
Meet new Outdoor News columnist Ryan Rothstein, a deer addict in every sense
Since I’ve never been one to beat around the bush, allow me to introduce myself: I’m Ryan Rothstein, and I’m a deer hunter.
I was born and raised in central Minnesota, and I’ve been
Attorney sticks to his waterfowl hunting roots amid Chicago’s bright lights
I grew up on the prairies of Nebraska but moved to the Windy City shortly after college to study law at the University of Illinois Chicago. While my original intention was to become a big-city
Wisconsin budget carries license fee hikes for nonresidents
Nonresidents will pay more for hunting and fishing licenses now that Wisconsin’s new 2023-25 state budget is in effect.
Residents will see no increase in license costs, but hunters, trappers, and anglers also will see
Iowa’s public lands: A limited but appreciated resource for outdoor users
The state of Iowa has nearly 36 million acres of land, but only approximately 1% (owned by the State of Iowa and under Iowa Department of Natural Resources jurisdiction) is public land that Iowans and
Deer not only culprits raiding farmers’ crops
During three months last summer and early fall, I had placed a trail camera along the edge of a corn field at one of my hunting spots. The camera was fastened to a mid-sized beech
Stories from Ron Leys, longtime outdoor editor, teach lifelong lessons
Ron Leys retired over three decades ago as the Milwaukee Journal’s outdoors editor, roughly four years before Wisconsin’s largest newspaper merged with the company’s morning paper in 1995 to become the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Leys,
