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Here’s how the 2023 legislative session impacted game and fish laws in North Dakota
It’s hard to forget this past winter in North Dakota and its impact on fish, wildlife, hunters and anglers. While the recovery will slowly meld into the coming fall seasons, it’s important to realize the

Sporting license sales under way in New York; rifle hunting allowed in Onondaga County
Sporting licenses in New York officially went on sale Aug. 3, just days after hunters were able to begin applying for Deer Management Permits on Aug. 1.
One change that recently occurred that will

Doves, teal, goose openers on Sept. 1 in Wisconsin: What can hunters expect this year?
It’s time to get the shotguns oiled, decoys dusted off and shell vests filled. Three of Wisconsin’s earliest fall hunting seasons open Sept. 1 for early goose, early teal, and mourning doves.
Wisconsin Department

Remembering former Outdoor News Field Editor and Points North columnist Shawn Perich
Sad news reached the Outdoor News office last week when we learned that Shawn Perich, who wrote for this publication as a field editor and columnist for years, died last Thursday, Aug. 3 at age

Minnesota’s outdoors scene mourns loss of Shawn Perich
North Shore outdoors writer, publisher, and entrepreneur Shawn C. Perich died last Thursday, Aug. 3 at the age of 64 following a battle with brain cancer.
Outdoor News readers remember Perich as the newspaper’s

Archery, hunter-ed programs threatened by removal of federal funding
Sporting groups across the U.S. are heavily criticizing the Biden Administration following a July 31 report that the president and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona intend to remove federal funding for hunter education and archery

Iowa’s 2023 dove season opens Sept. 1: Here’s what to know
Iowa’s first early hunting seasons begin on Sept. 1 with the dove season and the teal season.
Dove season is Sept. 1 to Nov. 29, with a daily bag limit of 15 doves, and

Are you ‘rifle ready’ for the fall?
Cleaning is necessary after a day of rain, a week of hunting, or a session of competitive shooting. Regular maintenance, removing residue from the barrel and action, keeps a gun reliable.
Practice, too. Who

Pennsylvania Reader Stories: Turns out buck was actually a doe
This past deer season was hectic for me, like many of the other past seasons.
But the second-to-last-day of the regular rifle season in Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Management Unit 2B was my saving grace.