Anxiously awaiting in Wisconsin: Ruffed grouse drumming discloses potential bird densities
Wisconsin DNR personnel and volunteers now running spring ruffed grouse drumming surveys.
Turn journaling into phenology
Morel mushrooms appear when the oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear, someone once proclaimed. That was an old adage using phenology to correlate one event with another. Even though this adage is no longer as accurate as it may have been, it points out the usefulness of logging and chronicling events throughout the
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Bring more kids into the fold by involving them in the end result of hunting, fishing, trapping
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing season framework and local big game/fishing dinners just two ways to show kids what’s happening outdoors and how they can participate.
Portable blinds sometimes the best bet for turkey hunting in bad weather
Using a blind is not a guarantee for bagging a gobbler, but at least hunters get to spend some time in the woods.
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Nominate an ethical Wisconsin hunter for the 2018 annual award
A four-member committee just finished selecting the winner of the 2017 Wisconsin DNR Ethical Hunter Award. Next month, the presentation will be made at the new Vortex Optics Headquarters in Barneveld, where the company moved recently from Middleton. Vortex Optics is sponsoring the award for the second year. It’s always a pleasure to see the
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Even veteran turkey hunters can learn a thing or two by listening to other experienced hunters
There may be more truth in an off-the-cuff comment by a Midwestern turkey hunting guide who said he could help anyone be a better turkey hunter with three simple recommendations. Get a blind. Use a decoy. Set up where turkeys are likely to frequent. For some, even long-time hunters, this spring might be a time
Wisconsin state game farm pheasant releases a good thing
DNR’s Poynette Game Farm showcasing new hatchery buildings later this month.
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Mark Parman pens more grouse hunting stories
Retired UW professor publishes second ruffed grouse hunting book.
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What a ‘lark’ to feed wild birds free food
Feeding birds, where legal, doesn’t have to cost a lot of money when other alternatives are available.
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