Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

America's 5 Best Destinations To Retire And Fish Image credit: OpenAI As retirement approaches, many individuals are drawn to the idea of blending r

A Unanimous Vote Signals a New Era for Minnesota Hunters The Minnesota Senate made it official on April 9, 2026, passing Senate File 1251 on a 67-0 vote — a unanimous decision that removes the expiration date on crossbow hunting in the state. The bill, authored by Senator Susan Pha (DFL – Brooklyn

A One-Buck Limit, Shorter Seasons, and a Shifting Landscape for the Great Lakes State The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has put forward one of the most significant overhauls to the state's deer hunting regulations in recent memory, and hunters across the state are paying close attention

The 2026 Wisconsin fishing season is shaping up to be one of the more significant in recent memory, with the state's Department of Natural Resources rolling out earlier start dates, updated regulations, and changes designed to put more anglers on the water with more opportunities to catch fish. Whe

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument sat off-limits to commercial fishermen for years. That changed in early 2026, when President Trump signed a proclamation reopening its waters to commercial fishing — a move that sent ripples through the New England fishing industry and re

For decades, hunters have been the backbone of wildlife conservation in America — funding it, practicing it, and living it. Now, the National Park Service is making it official and asking skilled hunters to step up and do what they do best inside two federally managed properties where invasive spec

Deer season may be over in New York, but the conversations about it never really stop. Lately, the talk has gotten louder — and more specific. Across hunting forums and Facebook groups, a particular rumor has been making the rounds, and it has a lot of New York hunters paying close attention even a

Brody Harshbarger sits on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission — the body responsible for setting hunting regulations and overseeing the entire state fish and game department. Now he's the one facing a stack of hunting-related criminal charges that read like a textbook list of what not to do in the f

Montana set out to shrink its wolf population. The numbers tell a different story. When Montana's legislature passed a mandate in 2021 ordering the state to reduce its wolf numbers, wildlife managers rolled out some of the most aggressive hunting and trapping regulations the state had ever seen

After Decades of Recovery, the State's 2 Million Wild Alligators Are Rewriting the Rules of the Hunt Louisiana has a gator problem — and it's the best kind of problem to have. Decades after the American alligator was pushed to the edge of extinction and hunting was banned entirely in the state bac