Minnesota Mixed Bag: State Fair continues through Monday
Staff and News Reports
August 27, 2025
A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the Minnesota State Fair.
Hunting
Wet landscape will greet early Minnesota waterfowlers
Tori McCormick
August 27, 2025
The lumbering flights of Canada geese and acrobatic sorties of teal and mourning doves are on tap for hunters beginning in early September.
Minnesota’s dove season opens Monday, Sept. 1, with the early teal
Bear hunt prospects are good in Minnesota, but not likely as good as 2024
Outdoor News
August 27, 2025
While the expected upcoming Minnesota bear harvest might not be as impressive as that of a year ago, weather conditions when the season kicks off Monday, Sept. 1 couldn’t be much better, per forecasts. And
New Audubon Western Pennsylvania director adjusts to new role in a new state
Deborah Weisberg
August 27, 2025
Chris Bason regards the crabbing and fishing he did with his father while growing up in Delaware as some of the most memorable and important times in his life.
“That’s how I got into
Iowa’s rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 30 with good numbers of both expected
DNR Report
August 27, 2025
The good news for Iowa’s cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa’s rabbit population is the highest in more than a decade, with the vast majority of Iowa considered to have good to excellent populations. Iowa’s
Michigan’s estimated 2024 deer harvest 25% higher than registered numbers
Richard P. Smith
August 27, 2025
Based on preliminary estimates from the Michigan DNR’s annual deer harvest survey compiled by statistician Brian Frawley, hunters harvested 25% more deer during 2024 seasons than the harvest reported via online or phone (electronically).
Iowa’s mourning dove, teal seasons open in early September; here’s what to know
DNR Report
August 27, 2025
Iowa’s mourning dove season begins Sept. 1, and with the mild weather in the forecast and a later teal season, state wildlife experts are predicting a busy opening day.
“Anytime the opening day falls
Commentary: Food plots and chronic wasting disease are a bad combination
Gordon Meeder, Midland, Pa.
August 27, 2025
Reading two articles in the Aug. 1 issue, I can’t help but think that chronic wasting disease and food plots to attract deer is a bad combination.
With the spreading curse of CWD, why
Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
August 26, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the Aug. 29, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
