
Helpful tips for all trappers: setting up for next season
I’ve been trapping for almost 60 years and have made every equipment mistake in the book – and some the book has never seen.
Most have had to do with procrastination (my wife calls

I’ve been trapping for almost 60 years and have made every equipment mistake in the book – and some the book has never seen.
Most have had to do with procrastination (my wife calls

Wisconsin’s nine-day gun-deer season opener is different from any other day afield for a DNR game warden, including small game hunting, May fishing openers, and waterfowl seasons.
DNR field wardens are assigned a permanent

Turkeys are tough. While a well-placed shot with a bow or a shotgun can easily bring down the baddest longbeard on the block, that’s not always a guarantee.
Bad shots happen sometimes. What you

On April 11, a coalition of conservation organizations announced the launch of MapforGrasslands.Org to illustrate of the need for the North American Grasslands Conservation Act.
The first-of-its-kind website documents the loss of grasslands in

Some turkey hunters have an aversion to shooting jakes – those yearling birds that sport stubby beards, but also boast tender roasting breasts.
I don’t suffer from that type of sickness, especially if it’s

The late Lewis Posekany, retired Wisconsin DNR water resources specialist, and the late Walter Bresette, of Red Cliff, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame April 17.
Posekany was an environmental

The four-year lag between in-person spring hearings (the last one was in 2019) took a toll on attendance at the Washington County spring hearing. Only 42 people registered at the meeting in West Bend April

The Dane County Conservation Congress and DNR public spring fish and wildlife meeting attracted some 87 people, and wake boats were the hot topic of the evening.
Maybe it was after-effects of the solar

Is there a better gateway to the outdoors than turkey hunting?
Generally the weather is nice, songbirds are migrating through, and the turkeys themselves are known for putting on a visual and audio show
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