MN Daily Update: Dan Schmidt’s thoughts on outdoors writing and his love of deer hunting
Outdoor News recently talked with Dan Schmidt of Deer and
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October 29, 2025
Patrick Durkin: Biologist Keith McCaffery left mark in Wisconsin’s deer woods
American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “If a single man plants himself on his convictions and then abides, the huge world will come ’round to him.”
Maybe so, but Keith McCaffery, 86, of Rhinelander, Wis., is still waiting for many hunters to rally around his faith in scientific deer management. McCaffery staked deer biology’s flag into Wisconsin’s forests, woodlots, and farmlands as a young man. And though he defended that banner with keen humor and fierce fairness the past 60-plus years, he’ll never know his won-loss record in the court of public opinion.
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New York cuffs and collars: K9 Finn helps catch striped bass over legal size limit
New York cuffs and collars are Field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
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Christine Thomas: Boys of October show up at little cabin
One of the first columns that I wrote for Wisconsin Outdoor News in 2020 was called The Boys of Summer. It was about the trail camera fun we have at the little cabin.
Through the years, readers have met some of the notable bucks that have posed for our cameras and for the cameras of our neighbor, Matt Kranz. We share these photos on a text thread we call The Deer Report.
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Ducks Unlimited, Illinois DNR team with Scheels to rehab Sanganois Walk-In
A major sporting goods retailer partnered with Ducks Unlimited and the Illinois DNR to rehab a critical wetland restoration effort at the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area walk-in, a 402-acre unit open to public waterfowl hunting. Scheels’ $200,000 donation helped repair berms and replace outdated water-control structures at the Walk-In Unit, which expanded the number of hunting locations from six to 80.
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WI Daily Update: Dan Schmidt’s thoughts on outdoor writing and his love of deer hunting
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State Roundup: Dan Schmidt has Bortz to thank for long run with Deer and Deer Hunting?
I had the privilege of interviewing Dan Schmidt, the editor of Deer and Deer Hunting, for our ongoing Quick Chat series, with Schmidt’s interview appearing here.
As you read through the piece you’ll see that Herr Schmidt is a just a regular Wisconsin kid who has made good in the outdoor media scene. I’ll say I had a hand in his success due to a mistake I made in the early 1990s.
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To be a ked on the wall or, more likely, a whitetail
What exactly are deer keds?
Deer keds are highly specialized flies, also called louse flies or, for good reason, flat flies. Four species occur in the United States. These flies have a fascinating life history. These insects are obligate parasites (they rely on their hosts to survive and to reproduce) that feed on the blood of their hosts.
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New York’s organized hunts help youth bag waterfowl, pheasants
Organized pheasant, waterfowl and deer hunts have been taking place across New York on early fall weekends, providing young hunters the opportunity to pursue big and small game alike, with a mentor.
And for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police, the weekend of Sept. 27-28 was a busy one.
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