Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: And the vote goes to … Gooch’s
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 5, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
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September 2, 2025
Commentary: A few suggestions to help hunters harvest more does where needed
Deer hunters have gradually and reluctantly moved past the old mindset of avoiding doe harvests. In some parts of Wisconsin protecting does is important, but for much of the state deer populations have exploded and herd management has required a new approach.
The National Deer Association recently reported that at least eight states are struggling to keep deer populations in balance due to low antlerless harvests.
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Four reasons you aren’t having the bowhunting success you want
My wife and I were in our kitchen almost 15 years ago on a summer Sunday afternoon when I brought up deer hunting, a subject she’d heard me mention frequently.
“I want to get really good at bowhunting whitetails,” I said.
“OK,” she responded, barely looking up from the task she was tending to.
“I don’t think you understand,” I told her. “What I have been doing isn’t working. I’m not seeing the results I want, and it’s going to take me committing to this far more than I have been.”
Archery humbles a person every season, but big-buck sightings and deer kills in general have grown substantially since making real changes after that conversation.
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MN Daily Update: 13 new conservation officers graduate
Thirteen individuals recently graduated from the Minnesota DNR’s Conservation Officer
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WI Daily Update: Rare subtropical wood stork found in Wisconsin
A deer hunter out scouting recently discovered a rare subtropical
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Drifting along Minnesota’s Driftless Region makes for great kayak fishing
My jerkbait skipped across the turbid water as I cast into a well-known river in the Driftless Region of southeastern Minnesota. The lure came to rest under a low-hanging limestone shelf, and I let it float for a moment before twitching it ever so slightly.
My cast was intentional. A brilliant morning sun pierced the water, prompting fish to seek refuge in any shade offered by rock ledges and overhanging riverbanks and trees. Then, the water erupted as a chunky smallmouth bass inhaled my lure.
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Mike Raykovicz: A ‘modest’ proposal for a doe season
When Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” in 1729, it was widely regarded as an inflammatory essay. In his essay, Swift suggested that the children of the starving Irish poor be sold so as not to be a burden on their parents.
Swift went so far as to suggest that a healthy, well-nursed, year-old child would make a nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled. It was socioeconomic and political satire at its finest, and, understandably, it was met with shock and outrage coupled with widespread misunderstanding and confusion.
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