Wisconsin’s fishing and hunting report for May 12, 2023
Staff Report
May 12, 2023
Late ice-out helped anglers enjoy good success on opener. A look at Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report for May 12, 2023.
Hunting
A quick chat with Ducks Unlimited’s Kyle Rorah
Tim Spielman
May 11, 2023
Rorah joined Team DU in 2016. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., with his wife Shannon.
Understanding turkey behavior leads to more filled tags
Mike Gnatkowski
May 10, 2023
Turkey hunters may not realize it, but the deck is stacked against them right from the get-go.
Every action turkey hunters take goes against the grain of Mother Nature. In the grand scheme of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate Tim Santel nabbed poachers worldwide
Tim Eisele
May 4, 2023
Sitting in a room with dangerous wildlife smugglers who are about to be arrested, and eventually put in prison, is not for the faint of heart. For Tim Santel, it was business as usual.
Santel,
Wake boats, deer hunting top spring hearing votes in Wisconsin
Patrick Durkin
May 3, 2023
A tsunami of opposition to wake boats swept through Wisconsin’s statewide conservation hearings in mid-April, with 62% of voters favoring restrictions on these popular wave-generating boats.
“Wakeboats” – which have ballast tanks in the stern
Former DNR biologist explains air rifle deer hunting concept to Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Beckie Gaskill
May 2, 2023
Keith Warnke, a former DNR biologist, represented the Air Gun Sporting Association at the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation (WWF) annual meeting on large-bore air rifles and their potential use in deer hunting.
Warnke went to
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Elk application deadline is May 31
Staff Report
May 2, 2023
A mix of outdoor-related stories published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Wisconsin DNR releases 3,500 public comments on wolf plan
Todd Richmond
May 2, 2023
Wisconsin wildlife officials recently released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a total hunting ban.
The comments
On the Trail with Dean Bortz: Turkey hunting and all that other jazz
Dean Bortz
May 2, 2023
Hang on tight. We’re going to end up out in the weeds for a little bit this week. This one’s going to be less about turkey hunting and more about what a person might do
