
Squirrel hunting is a stepping stone to outdoors
Squirrel season is here in Ohio and many other states, and frankly my son and I couldn’t be more excited.
Sadly, though, you don’t see many people getting excited over squirrel hunting anymore.

Squirrel season is here in Ohio and many other states, and frankly my son and I couldn’t be more excited.
Sadly, though, you don’t see many people getting excited over squirrel hunting anymore.

Wisconsin lost two hard-working conservationists in August, as Carl Batha, 78, and Carol Murphy, 64, passed away.
Batha, of Platteville, retired from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a wildlife ecologist, and was

The story of two Cornell University students butchering a legally-harvested bear in their college dorm kitchen has gone viral, garnering national headlines.
Although the students names or exact location of the hunt were not

Bow season opens on a Wednesday, making it fairly easy to predict a Day 1 harvest of 650 to 750 deer – give or take a hundred or so.
It’s a simple forecast to

Spring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about the 2025 season.
Based on the available data, the DNR is expecting

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife announced that the Ohio Wildlife Council will convene in Athens on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. for a special meeting. All meetings of the Ohio Wildlife Council

The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet in-person at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster Street, Madison.

Upon Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signing crossbow expansion into law, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wasted no time communicating new crossbow hunting regulations to the public.
Hochul signed off on the law

Hunting comes into focus, while fall fishing can be great. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025.
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