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State Roundup: Rachel Bouressa appointed to Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
We have a new Natural Resources Board (NRB) member as of Friday, Oct. 18, when Gov. Tony Evers appointed Rachel Bouressa to the NRB.
Evers made the move following the resignation of Paul Buhr,

New York Letters to the Editor: Lifetime hunter, bullet-caster has no issues with lead shot
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Dan Ladd: Still some confusion with New York’s new self-printed license format
Although New York’s bear hunting and archery seasons for deer have been open for a while, and there was the September antlerless deer hunt in parts of the Southern Zone, things amped up when the

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: CDACs are indeed working
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 1, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Commentary: Old anglers often choose their own company when fishing
A small fleet of fishing boats ranging from one-person kayaks to low-slung, rocket-propelled bass boats squeezed me from my preferred perch hole on a recent Sunday morning near my campsite at Idaho’s Lake Cascade State

Outdoor Insights: Fishers rebound in Minnesota, and making up for lost time in the hunting woods
An update to the 2024-25 trapping season has piqued my interest: Minnesotans can now trap fishers statewide. Dedicated readers of this space have seen trail camera images that my dad has obtained of fishers on

Bill Hilts, Jr.: ‘Deer Doctor’ tips for hunting the whitetail rut in New York
Peter Fiduccia, of Gilbertsville, in Otsego County, N.Y., is the “deer doctor” of New York State.
The long-time host of Woods and Water television show has been a good friend for the better part

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Questions about DNR’s whitetail fawn study
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Geological survey lab gets $1.1 million in upgrades at Ohio’s Alum Creek State Park
Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio DNR, along with a dozen local officials cut the ribbon on a remodeled and improved Horace R. Collins Geological Survey Lab on Oct. 18. The lab is located inside