Metro Area Fishing Report – December 16, 2025 – video
Matt Johnson
December 16, 2025
Current ice conditions in the metro area along with some tactics that are working lately.
Minnesota
MN Daily Update: Good news for Minnesota’s public land users
Outdoor News
December 16, 2025
The Minnesota DNR recently announced that it has permanently protected nearly 16,000 acres across 10 Minnesota counties. It’s the agency’s largest public lands acquisition in recent history. Listen here for details.
MN Daily Update: CWD hunt coming up Dec. 19-21 in select deer permit areas
Outdoor News
December 15, 2025
The Minnesota DNR holds a late-season deer hunt in select deer permit areas to manage chronic wasting disease. Here’s what to know for this hunt being held Dec. 19-21 this year.
Late-season bird hunting creates enduring memories
Tori McCormick
December 12, 2025
The weather provocateurs on the local TV news were giddy with anticipation last week, beating the drums like over-caffeinated jazz percussionists about the prospects of a second snowstorm in roughly a week.
A “long-duration
Ryan Rothstein: Why I switched to copper (and steel) ammunition
Ryan Rothstein
December 12, 2025
I remember the first time I saw the imaging from a study investigating lead fragmentation on shot game.
The area of impact was obvious on the gray and blue slide, a neat bullet hole
Streams of Thought: Minnesota deer kill numbers have always made headlines, even in D.C.
Tim Spielman
December 12, 2025
Until there’s just a bit more finality regarding the results of Minnesota’s 2025 deer-hunting seasons, let’s for now settle for a brief update.
As of earlier this week, with a “CWD hunt” on tap,
MN Daily Update: Trim your oak trees now to avoid oak wilt
Outdoor News
December 12, 2025
Right now through the end of February is a good time of year to trim your oak trees to avoid the risk of an oak-wilt infection. Listen here for more details.
What can Minnesota trappers expect with bobcat, marten, fisher seasons soon to begin?
Natalie Ryder
December 12, 2025
In what Bert Highland, Minnesota Trappers Association vice president, describes as the heart of pine marten territory around Brimson, he anticipates a decent trapping season ahead.
The pine marten-trapping season, along with that for
Episode 570 – Lake Reno panfish study, late season deer, BHA’s Ryan Callaghan, Duluth cougar
Outdoor News
December 12, 2025
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season CWD recap plus details on an important new panfish study on Lake Reno in west-central Minnesota with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor
