Wisconsin deer hunters willing to share the harvest, but no network available right now
Hunters still encouraged to work out venison transfers on their own, or to develop their own local network.
Wisconsin – Jerry Davis
Study Wisconsin DNR annual fall wildlife forecast before heading afield this fall
DNR has big game and small game forecasts available online and in booklet form.
Is it time to insure your ATV/UTV?
ATV/UTV insurance might be a consideration as more and more roads are opened as trails.
Remove hitchhiking plants before hunting seasons arrive
Pulling sticktights, burdocks, beggar’s lice or sandbur plants before they go to seed.
Southwest Wisconsin five-year deer/predator study wrapping up, but …
Some of the data input, analysis delayed by COVID-19.
Wisconsin stocking fewer DNR-raised pheasants in 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacting DNR’s ability to raise pheasants this year.
Now may be the perfect time to recruit new outdoor enthusiasts
COVID-19 restrictions pointing more people toward the outdoors for the first time.
Loosen deer hunting regs, feed Wisconsin’s hungry
How about expanding deer harvest opportunities for those who can’t afford beef during the pandemic?
Put a freeze on any further Wisconsin deer season changes
Biggest question now should be how to pull off a 2020 season in light of COVID-19 concerns.
Stay with the Wisconsin turkey season through even the last hunting period
A day of late-season turkey hunting can include a lot more activities than just trying to bag a gobbler.
Turkey hunters: Be safe out there, and consider pot calls over diaphragm mouth calls this year
Take along own flies, food and turkey calls, too.
Wisconsin hunting, trapping and fishing regs: simple vs. specific
Nothing is easy when it comes to setting regulations.
Comparing COVID-19 in humans and CWD in deer
Solid science-based discussions needed in both arenas to avoid hyperbole.
Arrival of COVID-19 encourages outdoor activities
Participating in outdoor activities almost guarantees ‘social distancing’
Do camaraderie and tradition help drive Wisconsin gun deer hunting interests?
And isn’t there something gun deer hunting can take from sturgeon spearing to at least attempt to hold interest, anticipation, camaraderie, excitement, and traditions?
Board OKs 6 deer-related questions on possible rule changes for spring hearings
NRB would add 10 days to gun deer season, shorten the early crossbow season and strike the December antlerless deer season.
Some deer hunting traditions should be reconsidered as regs are re-written
State now in position to make some sensible changes to deer hunting regulations.
How about launching a new Thanksgiving tradition in Wisconsin?
Even if there wasn’t turkey on the tables for the very first autumn celebration, what we have come to know as Thanksgiving, we certainly eat breasts and drumsticks aplenty now. We should not forget there is another goings-on during Thanksgiving week, too – the nine-day gun deer season.
Find positive ways to encourage more Wisconsin deer hunting
Should Wisconsin encourage more out-of-state hunters to travel here for deer?
Hunting released pheasants on Wisconsin’s public lands
Getting farther from the parking areas and hunting weekdays often the keys to success on hard-hunted public areas.
Acknowledge what is here in Wisconsin and help maintain those natural resources and opportunities
Wisconsin sportsmen have long accepted their role of participating in fish and wildlife management; those efforts need to continue in the future.
Take advantage of a holiday pheasant hunt this year
Wisconsin DNR is planning on releasing about 2,000 pheasants on eight state hunting grounds just before Christmas.
Wisconsin deer hunters in most areas might consider filling another antlerless tag or two
Wisconsin DNR puts preseason deer herd estimate at 1.8 to 1.9 million animals.
Wisconsin artists give nod to diseased ashes by turning those trees into art
Exhibit on display at Madison’s Overture Center through Oct. 27.
Involve real people again in Wisconsin deer hunting and perhaps bring back some tradition
CWD management may require more in-person deer registration, so just bring it back full bore.
Selling a Wisconsin deer hunting idea to visitors
How can the state help visitors learn more about hunting regulations and opportunities?
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