Opinions
Outdoor Insights: Minnesotans overwhelmingly stand up for the outdoors again
Last week, I spoke with Paul Austin, executive director of Conservation Minnesota. He shared a couple of points that illustrate just how thoroughly Minnesotans supported the out-of-doors via the Nov. 5 amendment to re-dedicate lottery
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Words matter when it comes to how we describe hunting
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Commentary: Hunters have an undeniable branding problem
The word “hunter” has five defined meanings:
• A person who hunts game,
• A dog used or trained for hunting,
• A horse used or adapted for use in hunting with
Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR needs to let public know that feeding deer is illegal
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Outdoor Observations: EHD impacts Michigan hunters in some areas as reported harvest goes over 170,000 after opening weekend
Conversations leading up to the Michigan firearms deer season between my hunting buddies and I often focus on how hot the rut is, what stand each of us is going to sit in on Nov.
Mike Schoonveld: Fill the gas tank on your boat using a jiggle siphon hose
I never saw a guy stuff five-dollar bills in a cigar box any quicker than the enterprising person in a simple booth at a boat show I attended years ago. There was a line of
Tom Pink: Where are the ducks in Michigan?
While my brother and I were cleaning more fish and fewer ducks during our most recent duck camp in Michigan – something that has been happening more often over the past several years – we
Steve Pollick: Big flock of white pelicans, rarely seen in these parts, spotted at Ottawa NWR in Ohio
The continued eastward expansion into the Great Lakes of the range of the American white pelican, the second largest bird in North America, recently received an exclamation point along western Lake Erie with the spotting
Jane Beathard: Coyotes may be a bit smarter than you think
If coyotes have become more acclimated to people in Ohio, the critters are even more so in Las Vegas, Nev., where I have a vacation home.
In early November, a group of neighbors in
