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Outdoor Insights: Here’s why it will soon be legal to sell wild game body fat in Minnesota
Among the laws that passed during the recent Minnesota legislative session, one struck me as deserving more scrutiny. It’s a simple, two-word addition to state statute 97A.512 that addresses the sale of inedible portions of

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Is it work if you’re having fun blowing up stuff?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Ralph Loos: Another angler casts himself into the river of scandal, this time in Illinois bass tournament
Almost exactly a year after jail time was ordered for two fishermen caught stuffing weights into Ohio walleyes, cheating jumped in the water and quickly swam right over to a competitive fishing event here in

Illinois Letters to the Editor: Public forests could use timbering to benefit birds
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Dan Ladd: Help Catching Dreams Charters expand in New York and beyond
We’ve covered the western-New York based non-profit a few times in the past, but in case you’re not up to speed on what Catching Dreams (which Librock founded) is all about, well, it simply pairs

New York Letters to the Editor: Turkey seasons should likely begin later rather than sooner
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 31, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Fun, but few hunters, no deer
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Patrick Durkin: Recent study offers detailed look at Wisconsin’s falling hunter numbers
More females and crossbow hunters joined Wisconsin’s deer hunting’s ranks the past decade, but those gains didn’t halt the state’s nearly 20-year decline in hunter numbers and license sales.
That’s one takeaway from a

Commentary: A close look at wolf, bear impacts on buck kill in Wisconsin
In the March 22 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News, Jim Johannes argued that wolves more likely than bears demonstrate the ability to suppress deer numbers. Johannes uses an apples to orange comparison by looking at