All Outdoors Staff 07.28.26 New model cuts Montana’s wolf population estimate Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks released its 2025 Annual Wolf Report on Friday with proposed rules for the 2026-27 wolf hunting and trapping season. The report presents a new population and distribution forecast model that estimates the state’s wolf population is significantly lower than
Sign up for the Quick Strike newsletter The latest fishing news, tips and tricks A ridiculous petition to decriminalize hunting, fishing and ranching in Oregon has failed on the November ballot. on friday afternoon Oregon Elections Division Found The petitioners were approximately 13,000 short of valid signatures. At least 117,173 signatures were required to qualify.
Ever since the US federal government loosened up the regulations around suppressors, more and more American hunters are moving to use these sound-reducing devices, just as they have already been used in Europe for years. Gun manufacturers are also adopting this trend and introducing new models that are designed for suppressors rather than requiring modifications.
Keith Lusher 07.24.26 An Idaho man has been sentenced to prison and permanently banned from hunting after state investigators uncovered a years-long illegal guiding operation that earned more than $55,000 while helping hunters illegally harvest black bears and elk in eastern Idaho. Joelsef Jenkins, 47, of Pocatello, was sentenced June 2 in Teton County after
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. A private-property rights lawsuit against sports law enforcement in Pennsylvania ended Tuesday in the state Supreme Court Government Warrantless searches of rural properties are unconstitutional. As we reported when two Pennsylvania hunting clubs heard verbal arguments last spring filed a
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission It wants to change how hunters access part of a popular duck spot. The agency has proposed a waterfowl hunting draw for a portion of the St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area. If you hunt ducks in Northeast Arkansas, this matters to you. what is being proposed The plan
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. An initiative to decriminalize hunting, fishing and ranching in Oregon will likely be voted on in November. Although the initiative will surely fail at the polls, the fact that campaign organizers were able to obtain enough signatures and raise money
Oregon voters could face a single ballot measure in November that would ban hunting and fishing throughout the state. The proposed initiative represents one of the most restrictive wildlife access measures to reach a statewide ballot in recent years. If approved by voters the measure would end all regulated hunting and fishing activities in Oregon.
Ohio hunters may soon have more public lands. Signed by Governor Mike DeWine senate bill 450 On June 15, Ohio’s capital budget for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 was approved. The nearly $4 billion capital improvement bill funds schools, public infrastructure, parks, trails, state facilities and other long-term projects across the state. Within that larger
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Ohio sportsmen and women will soon have more public lands to hunt thanks to new legislation clearing the governor’s desk this month. capital reform bill Governor Mike DeWine signed into law June 15 an allocation of