The keys to success during any ice fishing outing include the ability to stay mobile and warm. New innovations for the upcoming hardwater season allow anglers to easily accomplish both tasks.
The ability to move at a moment’s notice once again highlights some of the new options. Here’s a look at the latest and greatest tools to take onto the ice this winter.
Readers will recall that some years ago, our daughter, Shannon Honl, set up a text message group so that the little cabin crew and our neighbors at the Kranz farm could share deer and other wildlife that are captured on the many trail cameras we all have out.
Trail cams spark excitement at Christine Thomas’ little cabin Read More »
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a scope statement that is expected to bring about changes in the wildlife damage and abatement program for landowners incurring damages caused by wildlife.
At the board’s Oct. 25 meeting, Scott Karel, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife policy specialist, told the board the DNR met with representatives of the Farm Bureau, Conservation Congress, and USDA-Wildlife Services for a review of the rules related to wildlife damage and nuisance conflict management.
Wisconsin DNR reviews wildlife damage, overall nuisance conflict rules Read More »
Tyrone “Ty” Larson, state conservationist of Wisconsin for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), passed away at age 50 on Oct. 8.
Tyrone Larson, Wisconsin conservationist, dies Read More »
The public comment period on the DNR’s 2023-33 sharp-tailed grouse management plan remains open through 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17.
He didn’t know it at the time, but Tom Meyer’s attitude toward fly-fishing was about to change.
“I started out fishing with a spinning rod for trout, but I wanted something a little more challenging,” he said.
Meyer took a fly-tying class through Fox Valley Technical College, but wasn’t happy with the results.
Wisconsin fish hatchery visitors learn ins, outs of fly tying Read More »
As a part-time fishing guide interested in working with a high school fishing club down the road, Ed Emery showed up Nov. 2 at an angler instructor training and certification workshop at the Oshkosh, Wis., YMCA with plenty of questions.
So did Taylor Douglas, the Y’s youth and family director. Emery and Douglas are two of six people to register for the 3 1⁄2-hour class, which the DNR’s Angler Outreach Program offers throughout the state.
Theresa Stabo takes Wisconsin DNR’s angler workshop on the road Read More »
In 2021, a new section was added to New York’s Environmental Conservation Law that authorized 12- and 13-year-old junior hunters to hunt deer with firearms or crossbows. However, it was only approved as a three-year pilot program. This is the third and final year.
It’s time to make 12- and 13-year-old big game hunting law permanent in New York Read More »
The purchase of a 65-acre tract in north-central Iowa will add opportunities for outdoor recreation enthusiasts on land bordering the east fork of the Des Moines River.
Last week, the Iowa Natural Resources Commission approved the purchase of the parcel from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) at a cost of $248,100. The irregularly-shaped tract, located in Humboldt County, includes timber and grassland. It is accessible on the west by a county road.
Iowa Natural Resources Commission acquires four parcels, including Humboldt County land Read More »
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