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Michigan's coverage of hunting, fishing, conservation, and agency matters is expertly managed by editor Bill Parker. This publication comes out every two weeks, catering to outdoor enthusiasts who are passionate about Michigan's natural resources.

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Deer kill reduced in 2025 without southeast Minnesota culling

3 days ago | outdoornews.com | Tori J. McCormick

In the ongoing effort to thwart the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state, Minnesota DNR-contracted federal sharpshooters “culled” 201 white-tailed deer in three locations this past winter, with one testing positive – that one in the Grand Rapids area. Patrick Hagen, Minnesota DNR disease response coordinator, said “targeted culling” is a widely used management practice designed to slow the spread of CWD where it is known to exist.
Sea Gull, a cold shield lake, delivers multi-species action in Minnesota's Cook County

4 days ago | outdoornews.com | Glen Schmitt

Sea Gull Lake is located at the end of the Gunflint Trail in the heart of Minnesota’s canoe country. This 3,958-acre Cook County fishery, and its Canadian Shield-like setting, is well known for providing excellent lake trout and walleye fishing opportunities. This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here.
Foundation makes wetlands, stream accessible for all in Pennsylvania

4 days ago | outdoornews.com | Mark Nale

Twenty-two cars and pickups nearly filled the parking lot at the Soaring Eagle Wetlands near Julian, Pa. The vehicles mainly belonged to anglers taking advantage of the access to a section of Bald Eagle Creek delineated as Keystone Select – and stocked with buckets full of big trout. It should be no surprise that anglers flock to the state’s Keystone Stocked Trout Waters, because they provide excellent catch-and-release fishing for large trout.
Izaak Walton League of America: More funding should be pumped into nation’s Farm Bill

4 days ago | outdoornews.com | Celeste Baumgartner

The Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA) is concerned about the new Farm Bill. For 100 years, the league has been a defender of this country’s soil, air, woods, water, and wildlife. Its members, who call themselves “IKEs” believe it is important that conservation work be well funded. The Farm Bill is a broad piece of legislation that directs food and agriculture policy in our country. It can also be considered a clean water, public health, and climate resiliency bill.
Walleyes and smallies are the top draw on Michigan's Walloon Lake

5 days ago | outdoornews.com | Bill Parker

With robust walleye and smallmouth bass populations, a good northern pike fishery, and an on-and-off perch fishery, Walloon Lake has a good bit of diversity for anglers upon which to test their skills. What it doesn’t have is a fishable trout population, despite years of stocking efforts by the DNR to produce such a fishery. This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here.
Outdoor Observations: Legislation to increase cost of Michigan hunting, fishing licenses makes more sense this time around

5 days ago | outdoornews.com | Bill Parker

It’s a fact of life that the cost of living will increase over time. Food prices go up. Fuel prices increase. The cost of electricity creeps higher every year, and my heating bills for natural gas this winter were astronomical. We can hope that these increases come at us slowly and incrementally, but that’s not always the case. Want proof? Look no further than the proposed hunting and fishing license fee increases in Michigan.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Stiffer penalties coming for trail cam vandals in Pennsylvania?

6 days ago | outdoornews.com | Jeff Mulhollem

As we approach the June 14 opening of traditional bass season in Pennsylvania, it’s hard to believe that it has been 25 long years since the state made a major change to its fishing regulations. In 2000, the Fish & Boat Commission changed bass season dates. Prior to that, fishing for bass was prohibited until mid-June. The change resulted in a softer start to the bass season, with anglers able to fish for bass from mid-April to mid-June but requiring them to release fish they catch.
Is an electric pickup right for the hunter, angler? Here's what to consider from the 'Big Three'

1 week ago | outdoornews.com | Dean Bortz

Anyone reading online chat rooms regarding the feasibility of using electric pickup trucks for hunting, fishing or trapping might wonder if the day could ever come where an electric rig could replace a good ol’ internal combustion engine breathing and burning a mixture of atmosphere and gasoline (or diesel) for reliable torque in sticky situations. The day of seriously considering an electric truck may be creeping closer for some sportsmen.
Minnesota DNR bands St. Paul eaglets before they fly the coop

1 week ago | outdoornews.com | Natalie Ryder

For the first time in three years, the Minnesota DNR’s Nongame Wildlife Program, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey, banded the young eagles that the agency has monitored through the winter and spring. Banding is the process of placing tags on young eagles’ legs to identify where they came from and approximate date of birth.
Some young adults and youth boat operators need license on July 1 in Minnesota

1 week ago | outdoornews.com | Natalie Ryder

Starting July 1, 2025, some young adults and youth who operate watercraft in Minnesota will need to possess a valid watercraft operator’s permit – a boating license – as required by a 2023 state statute. This July deadline will not apply to every motorboat or personal watercraft operator in Minnesota. For the July 1, 2025, deadline, people who must possess the valid permit are those 12 years old up to those born after June 30, 2004.