Opinions
Action Alert: With three days left in Minnesota legislative session, tell your legislator to get Legacy funding done NOW!
We’ve got a late-breaking 2026 Minnesota Legislative Session emergency that demands the attention and action of every sportsman and sportswoman in the state.
At stake is $191 million in dedicated sales taxes that the
Outdoor Insights: Minnesota crossbow vote details how detached politicians are to hunting topics
As Outdoor News reported last week, language making crossbow use permanent during the Minnesota archery season passed 133-0 in the House and 67-0 in the Senate last month. If you’re a voter desperate for bipartisanship
Oak Duke: Time to change New York’s gobbler season opener?
As New York’s spring gobbler season rolls along, you can bet your best call that a frustrated hunter will say that the season dates need to be changed.
“Birds done gobblin’ now by the
Commentary: Top 10 conservation achievements of the 20th century
Without question, the 20th century stands as the most transformative era in the history of North American conservation. At its beginning, wildlife populations were collapsing, forests were vanishing, and the unregulated exploitation of natural resources
Steve Sarley: Illinois legislature will have to fix fishing license blockade
The issue of needing a social security number to go fishing legally in Illinois is something that can be quickly rectified.
As I mentioned in my last column, Stacey Greene-Fenlon from the Park Bait
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Latest waterfowl regs ignore advocacy from Duck Summit
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 15, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Steve Piatt: Unpacking the New York DEC’s deer dilemma
Colonel Nathan Jessup – played by Jack Nicholson in the movie “A Few Good Men” – had it right when he defiantly stated on the witness stand, “You want us on that wall! You need
Commentary: Wisconsin’s sandhill crane season bill proof that one vote does, indeed, matter
When an organization like the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) asks me to write an article or editorial, I rarely write it in first person. This topic, this goal, this commitment to the management of a
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Suspicions about push to thin deer herd get some affirmation
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 15, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
