Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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March 31, 2025
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Poaching case from 2023 results in criminal convictions
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: If ‘this,’ then why not have ‘that?’
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
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Minnesota ‘wood butcher’ creates hand-checkered gunstocks that are both beautiful and functional
Evan Koch calls himself a “wood butcher” on Instagram, but he wields chisels with world-class skill to craft, carve, and checker gunstocks for high-end rifles and shotguns.
Checkering, of course, is functional, yet decorative carvings in which fine lines intersect in diamond-shaped patterns on gunstocks to ensure a solid grip and eye-pleasing patterns. Koch, 35, gets all the checkering work he can handle through his social-media posts and word-of-mouth referrals from mentors and satisfied customers nationwide.
WI Daily Update: Minnesota’s Easton Fothergill wins 2025 Bassmaster Classic
Minnesota native Easton Fothergill had quite a personal comeback over
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Latest federal bill to delist wolves gets a hearing
A former Wisconsin DNR furbearer and large carnivore biologist called the Great Lakes Region wolf population fully recovered – and said that recovery occurred years ago.
Nathan Roberts, now a biology professor at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee March 25 on a bill that would federally delist wolves.
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Commentary: It’s time to establish a hunting season for Wisconsin’s sandhill cranes
If you want to know what’s happening in rural America, ask a farmer.
Right now, if you ask Wisconsin’s corn growers and potato producers, they’ll tell you our state has a sandhill crane problem. The population of sandhill cranes has quadrupled over the past two decades, and crop damage caused by the big birds has reached an estimated $2 million annually in Wisconsin. Unless we find solutions soon, the burgeoning population of sandhill cranes is on a pathway to become an even larger problem.
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Understand the four stages of river walleyes to catch more fish this spring
If you live anywhere close to a river that has walleyes, you probably can’t wait to get the fishing season started.
River walleye behavior in early spring is driven by many factors including water temperature (both surface and bottom), length of daylight, moon phase, and more. Understanding the stages of spring river walleyes and how they act in each phase – and putting your time in so you are on the water when these factors align – will help you catch more fish this spring.
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New York NWTF chapter celebrates 50 years of boosting big birds
A 50th anniversary of anything is a big deal, and it was just that when the New York state chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation celebrated 50 years of existence.
The event was highlighted by the induction of three individuals into the New York State NWTF chapter’s Hall of Fame; updates on conservation and research projects focusing on the wild turkey; and a live auction of a rare turkey call donated by Quaker Boy Game Calls CEO Chris Kirby.
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