Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) statistics show the lack of wearing helmets and using seatbelts are the primary causes of the 29 fatal ATV/UTV incidents so far in 2026.
A third major factor in fatal crashes is the lack of completing a safety education course.
No helmets, seatbelts factor into Wisconsin’s fatal ATV and UTV crashes in ’26 Read More »
Editor’s note: Six or seven years ago, I asked our more senior writers to pencil up something about their lives for me so that when the day came, heaven forbid, we could publish their last words or thoughts. Not an obituary, per se, unless that’s what they wanted to submit.
Storyteller for the ages, Donald Bluhm, spins his final outdoors tale Read More »
Anyone in Wisconsin who hunts with a dog, who owns dogs and lives in “wolf country,” or who raise any kind of livestock within sniffing range of a wolf pack just might want to pay attention because the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) expects to call a virtual meeting/hearing sometime in December – date yet to be determined – on the language and bullet points that will be included in a permanent rule on pet and livestock damage payments when wolves kill dogs, cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, goats, sheep, chickens, and even cats (one cat that I know of – in Marathon County this year).
Dean Bortz: Which way will Wisconsin DNR lean on wolf loss payments? Read More »
The Offal Wildlife Watching Project will return for its ninth year, adding small mammal trapping, disease testing, and a hunter survey.
Grace Milanowski, Offal Wildlife Watching Project coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Extension, said the project allows researchers to learn more about how gut piles left behind by deer hunters fit into the natural food web.
Minnesota’s offal wildlife project returns for year nine with some new initiatives Read More »
I recently wrote a bowhunting column where I encouraged hunters to simplify their approach and focus on a few basics about whitetails.
One of my suggestions was to get into the woods any chance you get regardless of conditions. That said, there are setups that require waiting for specific conditions to hunt them effectively. Here are a few weather factors that allow bowhunters to get more aggressive.
Three weather conditions bowhunters can use to get more aggressive Read More »
The Trump administration’s U.S. Forest Service filed a proposed rule
MN Daily Update: U.S. Forest Service moves to end roadless rule Read More »
Wisconsin’s gun-deer season is still more than two months down the road on Nov. 21, but the state’s bowhunting opener arrives Sept. 12.
That makes the middle of August the perfect time to run DeerFest, which returned Aug. 14-16 for the second straight year to Stevens Point. Valerie Morgan and her husband, Kasey, bought the rights to the event four years ago and moved it from its former location at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh to its current location at Stevens Point’s Holiday Inn Convention Center.
Wisconsin’s DeerFest finds a home in Stevens Point Read More »
Fish-eating cormorants continue to generate complaints on New York’s Lake George, where anglers, boaters and residents are seeing them expanding their range on the lake this summer, potentially damaging islands where they hadn’t been present in the past.
Diamond Island, a popular state-owned island in the 32-mile long lake’s south end that is open to the public as a day use picnic and swimming spot, is among the islands that has been frequented by the large birds for the first time this summer.
Cormorant sightings on the rise on New York’s Lake George Read More »
In many states, American sportsmen can pursue abundant game with little or no competition by targeting species largely ignored by others. Many hunters probably can’t even identify these game birds or know they can hunt them.
Not all states allow rail and gallinule hunting or maybe just certain species, so always check the regulations. However, even in states with seasons, few sportsmen pursue these legit gamebirds.
Hunting these ignored birds could extend a hunting day Read More »
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