I have seen some interesting lake-related phenomena during the past 40 years. Here are a few examples. More than once I’ve witnessed a northern pike with at least half their body completely vertical, out of the water. Why do they do this? Explanations vary.
A look back: Noteworthy observations from four decades examining Minnesota lakes Read More »
From a wildlife perspective, management of chronic wasting disease (CWD) boils down to prevention, surveillance, and suppression. Eradication is unrealistic, just as it is for other wildlife diseases.
Most likely, CWD eventually will spread to most (if not all) cervid populations and drive changes to the size and age composition of herds. Said another way, the disease is going to do whatever it “wants” to do regardless of natural resource agency interventions. Luckily, minimizing human exposures to CWD is more manageable.
Russ Mason: Privatization of CWD testing could help minimize human exposure, save money Read More »
The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) has a new executive director in the form of Brad Heidel.
WWA’s retiring executive director, Bruce Ross, and board of director president, Bruce Urben, made the announcement last week. Heidel takes over WWA following the retirement of Ross, who led the organization for the last seven years. Heidel, raised in Green Lake and now living in Dane, was most recently the senior director of corporate relations and marketing for Delta Waterfowl.
State Roundup: Wisconsin Waterfowl Association names new executive director Read More »
What do you say to convince yourself to stick with a treestand where you haven’t seen an elk after 11 hunts totaling 50 hours the past 5½ days?
Based on 55 years of bowhunting experience, I knew only this: The drought can end with one turn of your head. True, no hunting method offers guarantees, but few people use treestands to hunt elk, including me until 2017. Most bowhunters prefer calling, chasing, and stalking elk.
Patrick Durkin: Long hours in a treestand pays off on Idaho elk hunt Read More »
One day, a Pennsylvania bowhunter stacked fallen branches against a large tree trunk that had been lying horizontally on the floor of the Allegheny Forest for years, to create a natural blind. He chose the location after a scouting trip, noticing it was 20 yards from a well-traveled game trail that ran along the mountainside. The hunter surmised that deer were using the passage when moving between bedding and feeding areas.
When it comes to bowhunting, don’t miss high Read More »
As mid-September approached this year, trees as usual remained leafy green.
Whitetail does and twin fawns tentatively ventured into bright winter wheat fields.
Loons that had swam, sung, and fished on this northern Lower Michigan lake were now doing it somewhere southward. A cluster of wood ducks buzzed it, though, and around it oaks white and red had begun sprinkling acorns. Meanwhile panfish, especially bluegills and their close kin, were sliding toward their seasonal anonymity.
Steve Griffin: Panfish can easily get lost in autumn Read More »
When you want to figure out how to catch a fish, look at its mouth.
Sharks aren’t vegetarians and guppies don’t eat meatballs. In both cases, it’s not only a matter of size but how sharp the dentures. But rockbass are the rule breakers. About the width of a swollen pinto bean and with no visible pearly whites, an adult rockbass will take everything from a crayfish to an ant.
Fall rock bass provide fast action and a tasty meal Read More »
With the days getting shorter and the mornings a little crisper, it leaves little doubt that fall is upon us. All across Ohio, many bows are being shot and fine-tuned, treestands are being hung, and hunting gear is being readied. There are also groups of friends and families gathering around the television getting primed by watching some of the many hunting videos that abound out there.
This is hunting season in Ohio, and whether you are after waterfowl, deer, or small game, the time is nearly here to get out into the woods, swamps, and marshes.
Fall season offers the best for both hunters and anglers Read More »
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