
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Ethical Hunter Award nominations due Jan. 31
The DNR is accepting nominations for the 2025 Wisconsin Ethical Hunter Award, with the winner selected based on exceptional moral actions and character while in the field.

The DNR is accepting nominations for the 2025 Wisconsin Ethical Hunter Award, with the winner selected based on exceptional moral actions and character while in the field.

For more than four decades I carried a slug-loaded shotgun in the woods during Wisconsin’s gun deer season.

Too many adventures and too little time.
That (plus too little money, perhaps?) is the outdoorsman’s challenge. But there are ways for you to fill your wish list bucket. Let’s cover them plus some

If you laid a checkerboard grid over aerial photos of any county in the rural Upper Midwest, and declared each red square 640 acres of public land, you’d likely assume it’s OK to step from

While the Upper Midwest has experienced some bouts of mild weather the past few weeks, it’s undeniable that winter is here. We’ve gone through a few blizzards, 40-mph winds, and temperatures that didn’t crack double

There are somewhere around 11.5 billion live trees in Wisconsin. That number should stay robust if the DNR and private citizens continue a longstanding history of reforestation in the state.
Every spring, the Wisconsin

I took Major out to the little cabin this morning (Dec. 9) to pick up trail camera cards and so he could get a bit of exercise. I saw more turkeys in one trip around

Wisconsin’s bear-hunting women had great success during the September/October bear season. Those ladies killed some big bears, including a couple of bruins that topped 500 pounds.
Add Kyler Rundquist, age 21, of Clayton, to

Wisconsin deer hunters killed lots of deer during the nine-day firearms season, with slightly more does and fawns shot than bucks.
That surprised some folks, given how many called Nov. 22-23 the quietest opening
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