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Will a buck shot by Ohio hunter this season become the new state record typical?
Word on the street around here is that there could be a new Ohio record typical buck come deer season’s end in 2024.
According to news reports, Christopher “C.J.” Alexander on Nov. 9 shot a

A year-end reflection on loss, love, and the legacy of outdoor connections
As Winter Solstice nears along with the end of the year, I seem to always become more introspective. It’s as if this particular season serves as a poignant juncture for said introspection, particularly when contemplating

Snow, cats, tire tracks: Unwelcome excitement on unmaintained mountain road at night
If you’ve never experienced one of those white-knuckle, heart-pounding, “say a prayer” driving situations at any point in your life, consider yourself among the lucky ones.
One such occasion, which potentially shaved a

Little fishing pressure an upside to hitting the ice in Illinois
It sure looks to me that we will have some quality ice fishing shortly. I’ll be totally honest with you by saying that I don’t ice fish all that much, at least not as much

Silent treatment during Pennsylvania’s second week of gun season
This past Saturday afternoon, the final day of the Pennsylvania season for hunting deer with rifles, found me in a climbing-stand on a hillside watching a flat bottom for the appearance of deer.

Multi-site themed hiking events adding a winter twist in Illinois
Winter hiking has long been a beloved outdoor activity for adventure enthusiasts, offering unique challenges and breathtaking landscapes. In recent years, there has been a surge in the popularity of themed winter multi-month multi-site hiking

Outdoor Insights: Pheasants Forever grows its lobbying horsepower in attempt to reverse trend of dwindling upland-bird habitat
St. Paul-based Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever continues to grow its lobbying horsepower in Washington D.C.
With its recent hiring of Ariel Wiegard as the its vice president of government affairs, the nonprofit now

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program could use some help
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Tundra swans make their annual appearance in northwest Ohio
The big white birds are back in “town.” Town being the marshlands and harvested cornfields along western Lake Erie.
These would be tundra swans, by the hundreds, down from Arctic summer nesting grounds some