As far as John Mathys is concerned, there’s nowhere he rather be than with his dogs and horses in a remote central Wisconsin marsh on a rainy Friday afternoon.
Mathys made the two-hour trip from Green Bay to the National Prairie Chicken Shooting Dog Championship, which has been held each year since the early 1970s at the Buena Vista Grasslands – part of the Buena Vista Wildlife Area – in Portage County.
A large solar farm under construction in Portage County’s town of Grant isn’t expected have a significant effect on Wisconsin’s largest population of greater prairie chickens, despite being built right next to the Buena Vista Wildlife Area.
A 2025 agreement between the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) and Vista Sands Solar is expected to protect Buena Vista’s greater prairie chickens from the solar farm project, said Andy Lewandowski, of Muskego, a member of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation board of directors.
Solar farm pact protects prairie chickens in Wisconsin’s Buena Vista Wildlife Area Read More »
Two circuit court judges recently ordered arrest warrants for a Shawano County, Wis., man after he failed to show up for court appearances on nine poaching-related charges.
Dylan J. Wolff, 27, of Pulcifer, faces several felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with alleged poaching incidents in Waupaca and Forest counties. He is also accused of several poaching violations in Oconto and Brown counties, but no poaching-related charges had been filed against him in either of those counties as of Aug. 18.
Poaching suspect a no-show for court appearances in two Wisconsin counties Read More »
She loves to fish. He loves to hunt.
A Waupaca husband and wife have turned those passions into a line of clothing inspired by the outdoors. Kyle Holden, an officer with the Waupaca Police Department, and Kelly Holden, an emergency department nurse in Plover, teamed up to start Hooked on Wisconsin Outdoors three years ago and displayed their threaded wares at one of more than 70 vendor booths at this year’s DeerFest, Aug. 14-16, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens Point.
Waupaca couple develops Hooked on Wisconsin Outdoors clothing line 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 »
As far as Northwoods fishing destinations go, a small lake in Wisconsin’s Taylor County probably isn’t on anyone’s list.
Except mine, and that’s the way I want it to stay. On paper, the 23-acre lake in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Taylor County may not seem like a big deal. It’s a different story in person, however.
Greg Seubert: The quiet magic of the Wisconsin lake I hate to tell you about Read More »
Jacob Pliska didn’t mind getting up early the morning of June 20 because the day had something to do with fishing, which was right up the Rosholt 13-year-old’s alley.
Pliska was one of hundreds of people – from young kids to senior citizens – to show up for the 36th annual Eland fishing day and take a crack at stocked rainbow trout, many of them more than a foot long.
Wisconsin’s Eland trout fishing day brings smiles to kids’ faces Read More »
Imagine nearly 5,000 acres of undeveloped forest dotted with small lakes, plenty of hunting and trapping opportunities, remote camping sites, and miles of hiking trails.
Sound too good to be true? It might, but such a place does exist in rural Chippewa County. The Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area is part of the Wisconsin state park system and sits seven miles east of New Auburn on Hwy. M. Chippewa County Forest acreage is interspersed with the recreation area, adding to the hunting and trapping opportunities.
Ice Age history comes to life at Wisconsin’s Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area Read More »
Small-town sportsmen in Wisconsin’s Waupaca County won’t have to travel far for gear and bait now that Rick Zemple has opened Little Wolf River Outfitters in downtown Manawa.
There was a time not too long ago when fishermen, trappers and hunters could head to their local sporting goods store to pick up a dozen minnows, a box of ammunition or trap lure. If a town had a body of water, chances are there was a store catering to sportsmen.
New Wisconsin sporting goods retailer opens in Manawa Read More »
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