April 10, 2025

Wisconsin DNR to investigate 300-inch nontypical offered as state record

56 Comments / Discussions, Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin / Deer and Deer Hunting Staff

A 49-point, 300-inch nontypical buck that emerged March 29 at the Open Season Sportsman’s Expo was entered with the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club as a potential new state record.
According to a source close to the situation, the hunter signed affidavits that the buck was a free-range whitetail that he shot with his muzzleloader in December 2024. According to those affidavits, the buck was shot in or near a swamp close to the town of Harrisville, which is about 4.7 miles east of Westfield in Marquette County.

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Indiana Fishing Report – April 10, 2025

Fishing Reports, Fishing Reports, Indiana / Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Coho fishing here has been very good on body baits, with spoons and dodger/flies taking a few fish, too.

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Spawn/post-spawn walleye lures you need to be using now – video

Fishing, Pro Tips, Videos, Wisconsin / Site Staff

These three presentations will catch fish in water anywhere from 1 to 10 feet when those walleyes have moved up to spawn or as they transition back out.

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H5N1 virus detected in four New York bobcats

Featured, Home Page News, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, News / Dan Ladd

A report released in late March by the Journal of Wildlife Diseases has confirmed the discovery of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus in four New York bobcats. Three of the animals have survived, thus far. One was confirmed to have died.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has been in collaboration with Cornell University on a bobcat study in New York, part of which involves outfitting bobcats with GPS collars to track movements.

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New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on April 10, 2025

Fishing Reports, Fishing Reports, Hunting, New York / Staff Report

It’s time for trout and turkeys. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on April 10, 2025.

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How will Iowa turkey hunters follow up a record harvest from 2024?

Featured, Hunting, Iowa, National Hunting, National News, News / DNR Report

A mild winter followed by timely spring rains has Iowa forests and woodlots leafing out ahead of spring turkey season, possibly tipping the playing field in favor of the gobblers, after a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds in 2024.
The first of Iowa’s four regular spring turkey seasons opens on April 14.

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Iowa’s Spirit Lake Hatchery filling with northern pike

Featured, Fishing, Iowa, News / DNR Report

Crews with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources placed fyke nets in the outlets of the sloughs that flow into Big Spirit Lake on March 1 to start collecting northern pike. Northern pike spawn in sloughs and shallow vegetated areas around the Iowa Great Lakes prior to ice leaving the lakes.

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Mike Raykovicz: Troubled hellbender tells us plenty about the waters it calls home

Blogs, Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

My introduction to the eastern hellbender or mudpuppy came at an early age.
I was about 14 years old when I first held one in my hand and it scared me half to death. As kids, we frequently fished the Susquehanna River for smallmouth bass and never used an artificial lure. We waded the river in a pair of cut-off jeans and wore an old pair of sneakers.

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Steve Carney: An update from Minnesota/South Dakota border waters

Featured, Features, Fishing, Minnesota, National Fishing / Steve Carney

The ice finally went out a few weeks ago on the Minnesota/South Dakota border waters of lakes Traverse and Big Stone, but as usual, the fish bite is yet to hit a high gear. I looked back several years in my log books and noticed the bite has usually been best about two to three weeks after ice-out.

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Wisconsin DNR to investigate 300-inch nontypical offered as state record

Indiana Fishing Report – April 10, 2025

Spawn/post-spawn walleye lures you need to be using now – video

H5N1 virus detected in four New York bobcats

New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on April 10, 2025

How will Iowa turkey hunters follow up a record harvest from 2024?

Iowa’s Spirit Lake Hatchery filling with northern pike

Mike Raykovicz: Troubled hellbender tells us plenty about the waters it calls home

Steve Carney: An update from Minnesota/South Dakota border waters

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