Prof. Riddle is the Douglas R. Stephens Chair in Wildlife, UW-Extension Wildlife Specialist, and the director of the Wisconsin Center for Wildlife at the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources.
Christine Thomas: Birds of a feather banded together Read More »
“Is Charmaine going to shoot a turkey this year or is she just coming up to tease the toms,” joked my husband, Stan Thomas. This is where I left off last issue. Readers will remember that, Charmaine Wargolet, of Brookfield, turkey hunts with me most years.
Christine Thomas: Charmaine scores on a jake Read More »
The little cabin forests and fields had a great deal of turkey action all winter.
Trail camera photos showed at least two, and maybe three, sizable flocks. The tom/jake flock had at least 15 birds in the entourage. All winter long I forwarded photos to my youth hunter’s father, as well as my regular turkey hunting friends, Charmaine Wargolet, of Brookfield, and Elaine Kalmbacher, of St. Cloud. Readers have followed our exploits for many seasons.
Christine Thomas: A foggy morning in the turkey woods Read More »
The early April snow and ice storm that ripped through Wisconsin did a number on trees across the state, including at the hunting property of Stan and Christine Thomas in central Wisconsin.
Christine Thomas: Cleaning up after a Wisconsin ice storm Read More »
Readers learned in the last issue that my Ducks Unlimited Conservation Programs Committee met at Jekyll Island, Georgia, for a field trip. When the meetings and the field trip were over, some of us stayed on an extra day to fish. When planning this, we did not anticipate a cold snap in Georgia that would take temperatures into the low 40s.
Christine Thomas: Wildlife women catch bonnethead sharks in Georgia Read More »
Just as it does in most instances, habitat work or habitat improvement anywhere – but in this case Georgia – benefits more than one species of wildlife. Here, habitat work at the Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area in southeastern Georgia, alligators benefit from work done by the Georgia DNR and Ducks Unlimited for waterfowl.
Georgia’s southeastern gators love duck habitat Read More »
“Looks like a bluewinged teal,” said Dr. Stephen Clements, wildlife scientist at the Nemours Wildlife Foundation.
He was looking at a mottled pile of feathers on the ground, that I had discovered while trying to maneuver a better camera angle on the bald eagle that peered down on us and on the pile of feathers from its nest high in a loblolly pine.
Christine Thomas: Eagles fly over South Carolina’s Nemours Wildlife Foundation Read More »
“Brian McCoy used to say that he could predict the weather based on what calls bobwhite quail were using,” said my husband, Stan, as we discussed northern bobwhite quail after our recent trip to South Carolina.
Christine Thomas: Hunting northern bobwhite quail in South Carolina Read More »
On Oct. 20, 2025, last fall, I received a text from our dear friend, Tuck Mallery, of Wausau, Wis. He had a young Deutsch drahthaar named Envy that he wanted to bring down to hunt.
He had purchased Envy from Vom Kürbis Haken Kennel near Rochester, N.Y., the previous year and gifted the young female to his friend, Spencer Eldrege. Tuck travels a great deal. So, they worked out a symbiotic relationship. Spencer takes care of the dog. Tuck takes her when Spencer is on travel. Sometimes they hunt together.
Christine Thomas: First little cabin pheasant hunt without an Airedale Read More »
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