The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued 15,245 bear harvest authorizations (kill tags) for the 2026 fall bear season. Some of those recipients are considering a transfer of their tag to a qualified person.<br
Even as sales of most fishing, trapping, and hunting licenses decline in Wisconsin, the all-inclusive conservation patron license has grown nearly 50% in popularity after bottoming out in 2012.
Sales of the $165 patron
Rick and Barb Anderson’s yellow Lab, Babs, has been part of the welcoming committee at Spooner’s AAA Sport Shop for years. Sadly, Babs died Feb. 13 after apparently being exposed to a rodenticide poison after
It’s almost getting to the point where a fisherman might ask why we even have any closed seasons anymore.
Wisconsin’s stream trout season closure has been pushed into October. This year, on April 4,
Polaris, Inc., recently announced plans to permanently close its manufacturing facility in the Polk County, Wis., town of Osceola by the end of 2026.
Located less than an hour from the Twin Cities and
The Lac du Flambeau (LdF) Chippewa tribe announced last week, in an unprecedented action, that its tribal council voted to ban fishing of walleyes and muskies by non-tribal members on a number of lakes inside
Hwy. 10 divides Wisconsin into a southern and northern muskie zone. In the past, the Northern Zone opened the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Starting this year, with a rule change, the muskie season opens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service plans to open what it calls an “operational service center” in Madison as part of a sweeping – and still somewhat mysterious – restructuring that will also
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the state’s Citizen Deer Advisory Councils are seeking public feedback on Wisconsin’s deer management, including harvest quotas, season structure and more ahead of the 2026 deer season.
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