Sandhill crane season awaits Wisconsin introduction
Site Staff
February 23, 2012
What would Aldo Leopold say about hunting sandhill cranes in Wisconsin?
Hunting
Free landowner hunts, road hunting struck from wolf bill
Site Staff
February 23, 2012
Two legislators who introduced a bill that would create a timber wolf hunting and trapping season have agreed to several changes in the bill, but say their original language is largely intact, and they expect
The Ethical Hunter
Site Staff
February 13, 2012
It is easy to find a newspaper story about hunters doing or acting poorly, doing things that reflect negatively on all of us, or endangering the lives of others. We owe it to the greater
Wisconsin bear hunters register 4,246
Site Staff
February 9, 2012
The DNR will issue 9,015 black bear kill tags for this fall’s hunt, just a handful more than the 9,005 tags issued last year.
Turkey tag error corrected with second drawing
Site Staff
February 9, 2012
Madison – An error in the turkey tag drawing that affected about 14,600 hunters was corrected by the DNR as of Jan. 25 when the agency posted corrected drawing information on its licensing website. In
Gray wolf hunting season proposed
Site Staff
February 9, 2012
A bill introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature on Friday, Jan. 27 would create a 41⁄2-month wolf hunting and trapping season that would allow the use of all firearms and bows, foot-hold traps and cable restraints,
Hunter safety certification hits 1 million
Site Staff
January 26, 2012
Madison – The Wisconsin hunter safety program originated in 1967 in Dunn County. In 1985 the course was required for hunters born after 1972. Last year, 25,019 people completed a hunter safety class, and that
Assembly committee takes no action on ‘X-bow’ bill
Site Staff
January 26, 2012
The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony Jan. 18 on a bill that would allow crossbow use during most firearms seasons for big game and small game, but the committee didn’t vote on the
More spring turkey tags in zones 2, 7
Site Staff
January 26, 2012
Madison – An increase in the number of turkey tags in Zone 2 and Zone 7 will mean more tags available for the spring turkey-hunting season. The DNR’s turkey committee met Jan. 9 and set
