Two Wisconsin bowhunters scored on trophy central Wisconsin black bears to kick off the 2025 season, both in the 500-pound live weight range and in the mid-400 pounds field dressed.
One of the bears
A September decision from a federal appeals court effectively upholds a New York state law that bars firearms in “sensitive” locations, including the tourist mecca known as “the crossroads of the world,” the New York
A Wyoming County man has pleaded guilty and paid a penalty for numerous deer poaching incidents that took place in New York’s Genesee and Wyoming counties, following a nearly two-year ECO investigation.
Tyler D.
As attention turns more and more toward non-toxic ammunition, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) learned more about a new ad hoc inter-agency team encouraging hunters to reduce exposure to lead.
The Department of
When the Erie Canal was created 200 years ago, canal boats filled with commercial goods and passengers were pulled down a tow path by a team of mules. This became a common occurrence along the
At the halfway point of 2025, DNR and partner agencies had removed about 46 million pounds of invasive carp from the Illinois River.
That large number is the total haul that came from two
Wisconsin Rep. Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) and Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) introduced what they are calling a “CWD Prevention Package” containing three bills that “aim to combat, monitor and increase awareness around chronic wasting disease (CWD).”
Brad Heidel, the new executive director of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), is excited to carry on the momentum retired WWA Executive Director Bruce Ross brought to the group during his seven-year tenure.
Heidel is
Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes are home to all sorts of critters, but not all are welcome and that’s what hundreds of elementary and middle school students found out during a recent visit to Hartman Creek State
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