MN Daily Update: Panfish decoy
If you want to keep panfish under your shelter, this is what you have to do.
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January 12, 2023
The Outdoor News buyer’s guide: Roundup of new boat motors and trolling motors for 2023
For 2023, some manufacturers are maxing out horsepower while others are trying to refine models that the average angler places on his transom.
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Cuffs & Collars: Enforcement reports from Wisconsin’s outdoors
Outdoors enforcement reports from wardens around the state of Wisconsin.
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Ask Max: A look at bird predation on fish
Researchers were interested in how often predators, namely pelicans, were eating two rare sucker species. Since many of the suckers had tags, researchers tried to get an idea of how many suckers the pelicans were eating by scanning for tags at the pelican colony. That’s right, the researchers went to where all the pelicans defecated and scanned around for the tags that were once in the suckers.
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Wisconsin’s outdoor calendar (Jan. 12, 2023)
A look at outdoor-related events coming up around the state of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin: Yellow Lake’s muskie population has trophy potential
Yellow Lake was surveyed in 2021 to assess the status of the fishery while conducting a population estimate for walleyes and index the catch rates of muskies, northern pike, largemouth bass, and panfish. There are three public boat landings on Yellow Lake, located at Jeffries Road, Lake Avenue, and Yellow Lake Road. Yellow Lake is
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Illinois bobcat harvest remains steady
Roughly halfway through the current bobcat season, harvest figures appeared to mirror previous Illinois seasons.
“While numbers can change by the minute, as of January 3 the current harvest was right at 128,” Stan McTaggart, head furbearer biologist for DNR, reported.
Those numbers are slightly above last year and about level with 2019. The numbers are also slightly below the 2018 and 2020 numbers at the same point in the season.
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Illinois turkey hunters continue stance of ‘keep on, keepin’ on’
There are a lot of puzzling things about the Illinois spring turkey season – mostly puzzling to turkey hunters up and down the state. The most common question I get this time of year, as DNR permit lotteries roll on and hunters begin preparing for the first week of April, is “Why are we still using the same season structure?”
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Rattlers jilted by designated state snake choice in Illinois?
This is the year that Illinois officially recognizes the brightly colored eastern milk snake as its designated state snake.
Herpetologist Chris Phillips of the Illinois Natural History Survey told The Center Square that he and his fellow Illinois herpetologists did not have a chance to vote on or to nominate other contenders for the official state snake designation.
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