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August 16, 2025

Tom Venesky: Targeting archery’s impact on turkeys in Pennsylvania

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

Last season, more bucks were taken by archery hunters than those hunting with a rifle in Pennsylvania.
It was the first time such a thing ever happened, but it doesn’t necessarily mean a sudden, drastic rise in the number of archery hunters. The popularity of archery hunting has been skyrocketing for years. It’s nothing new. But what it does indicate is that archery hunters – partly due to technological advancements in gear (crossbows) – are taking advantage when the opportunity presents itself to let an arrow, or bolt, fly.

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State Roundup: Record level of interest in hunting bears in Wisconsin

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Wisconsin /

The Wisconsin black bear season opens Wednesday, Sept. 3 in all six zones, but with hound hunters opening ahead of bait-sitters in zones A, B and D. In zones C, E and F where hounds are not allowed, the season also opens Sept. 3 and runs through Oct. 7. Bait hunters in zones A, B and D can join the party starting Wednesday, Sept. 10.
More than 32,000 people applied for one of the 13,110 bear kill tags available for 2025, according to Randy Johnson, the DNR’s large carnivore biologist. Johnson said nearly 114,000 hunters bought preference points for use in future drawings.

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Jeffrey Frischkorn: White perch, the beauty and/or bane of recreational anglers everywhere

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio /

Heralded as an attractive anglers’ target from North Carolina to Maine, the native and ubiquitous white perch earns no such honors west of the Atlantic Seaboard. Just the opposite, in fact, including in Ohio.
Its migration originally blocked by Niagara Falls, the white perch bided its time until the Weland Canal was built. Then – just the same way the sea lamprey did – the white perch quickly went from friend to foe. In Lake Erie and in inland impoundments through (likely) accidental releases from bait bucket-armed anglers.

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Wright County wetland restoration in Minnesota features multiple benefits

Featured, Minnesota, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

A large-scale wetland restoration project in Wright County’s Corrina Township completed through the state’s Local Government Road Wetland Replacement Program (LGRWRP) will offer flood protection, drainage, and habitat benefits in addition to generating wetland banking credits.
Located roughly two miles northwest of Maple Lake, the project involved restoring seven individual wetlands totaling 50 acres, plus 68 acres of upland habitat.

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Shoot better with ammo customized for your rifle

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

I decided to hunt deer in an unfamiliar portion of a Mercer County, Pa., state game land. Darkness greeted me when I pulled into the parking area. With my favorite, 270 caliber, Model 70 Featherweight rifle, cradled in my arms, I walked a considerable distance into the unfamiliar forest.   Eventually, I paused for about 10 minutes, waiting for the early-morning light to betray a good spot to watch for whitetails.

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River citizens call for full funding of Mississippi River projects

Featured, Home Page News, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Wisconsin /

In light of a proposed reduction in federal funding for scientific work on the Mississippi River, the Sustain Our River group of residents, businesses, and field experts highlighted the economic impact of recreational and commercial fisheries, and the Mississippi River navigation channel administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to raise the awareness to citizens and government officials during a gathering Monday, Aug. 4, at the Black River Community Center in La Crosse, Wis.
Sustain Our River stressed these facts, shared stories, ideas and fielded questions from the media and an estimated 70 people in attendance.

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Endowment seen as source for Illinois state park funding needs

Featured, Home Page News, Illinois, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

The past two decades have produced a wide and wild assortment of ideas and proposals to help fund and maintain Illinois’ collection of state parks and natural areas.
“State Park, Great Parks” was launched in 2014. That initiative came on the heels of the 2012 DNR “Sustainability Bill,” created when lawmakers approved a $2 fee increase on vehicle registrations that would be earmarked as dedicated revenue for Illinois state parks. This year, on Aug. 6, Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new endowment for Illinois state parks, with a goal of establishing a “permanent source of funds that can’t be redirected or taken away.”

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Mike Schoonveld: The ‘Secret Weapon Rig’ is not so secret, but it really catches fish

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan, National Fishing /

It’s been said that a secret is not a secret if more than one person knows it. That’s why the trolling technique called the “Secret Weapon Rig” is so poorly named.
I learned of it long ago and it’s so widely used in some areas that fishing reports from those ports just call it the “SWR.” It’s not really that much of a secret, but I have another secret to share: It really works. Here’s what it is.

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