Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Three anglers caught with 26 brown trout during release season
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
May 12, 2025
Remains of hiker missing since Thanksgiving weekend found on New York’s Allen Mountain
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the remains of missing hiker Leo DuFour were found off the Allen Mountain trail in Essex County, in the Adirondacks.
On the morning of Saturday, May 10, DEC received a report about remains found by a hiking party and deployed Forest Rangers, a DEC Division of Law Enforcement Bureau of Environmental Crimes Investigator, and New York State Police to the location. Recovery of the subject was coordinated with the New York State Police.
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Outdoor horoscopes for the week of May 12 to May 18, 2025
Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll march confidently into
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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Gov. Evers names two DATCP board members
Gov. Tony Evers announced the reappointment of Cindy Brown and the appointment of Andy Hatch to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Board, effective May 2.
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Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Keep it simple; live sonar is the wrong answer for fishing
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
North Dakota hunter takes record-book moose with the help of local quilting club
When Christian Levitt, of Buffalo, N.D., drew a once-in-a-lifetime bull moose tag in 2022, he understood how special the opportunity was. Nearly 9,000 hunters had applied for a chance to hunt in the northwestern unit near Minot that year. Just 36 tags were issued.
Levitt, who lives about 250 miles from the hunting unit, faced a difficult task. Unfamiliar with the area and unsure where to begin scouting, he turned to a surprising source for help: a group of local women from a quilting club.
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Trapping season changes appear to have minimal effect in Minnesota
After rolling out regulation changes for trapping bobcats, fishers, and otters this year, it’s been informative for the Minnesota DNR researchers behind the scenes to assess how the changes may have affected preliminary harvest.
As of Wednesday, April 30, DNR Wildlife Research Biologist John Erb said the preliminary harvest numbers he received totaled around 979 bobcats, 650 fishers, and 651 pine marten. Fishers are seeing the highest increase in harvest with a jump of about 18% over last year’s total.
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Deer meeting in Wisconsin’s Waupaca County turns to talks about CWD concerns
While the Waupaca County’s County Deer Advisory Council (CDAC) met May 1 for three hours to make recommendations for the 2025 deer seasons, much of that time was spent discussing local cases of chronic wasting disease.
CDAC member Bob Leder, of Bear Creek, a retired large-animal veterinarian, opened the CWD discussion. Although the vast majority of CWD-positive deer have been reported in southwestern Wisconsin’s Iowa, Dane, Richland, and Sauk counties, the disease was reported for the first time last year in Chippewa, Pierce, Manitowoc, and Menominee counties.
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WI Daily Update: Spraying for spongy moth caterpillars at three state properties
The Wisconsin DNR will conduct aerial spraying for spongy moth
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