The number of small game hunters in Minnesota in 2025 decreased 2% from 2024 and was 6% below the 10-year average. Overall, 223,740 small game licenses were sold for the 2025-26 hunting seasons, compared to
I suspect it’s already happened, and if it has I’d certainly like to hear about it: The growing collection of solar fields across Illinois is bound to result in a situation where a bad shot
You know September’s early bird-hunting seasons are approaching when the days become noticeably shorter and the mornings noticeably cooler. As one waterfowler put it, “You can feel it in the air.”
Indeed, this is
Times have changed. Many hunters hold a year-round focus on deer and turkey hunting, often ignoring the small game seasons that once defined tradition.
Squirrels are still an excellent way to introduce new hunters.
A white-tailed deer season of change is about to get underway in New York, but first a handful of small game seasons get started beginning Sept. 1, which is also the date that New York’s
Hunting seasons start in September as summer nears an end. Here’s the New York fishing and hunting report on Aug. 27, 2026.
What started as a visionary idea to bridge the gap between private landowners and public hunters has grown into a modern-day foundation of North Dakota’s outdoor heritage. I’ll remind old-timers (me included) that most hunters
I truly love dove hunting. This sport to me is the epitome of wingshooting as doves are challenging and prolific. Minnesota has a short season as the birds tend to migrate early, especially if we
The Illinois dove season, which opens Sept. 1, is traditionally considered the beginning of the fall hunting season, although avid squirrel hunters may argue. Either way, for many hunters, it is time to get out
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