Hunting

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison – The Natural Resources Board approved the report of the citizen Sex-Age-Kill (SAK) Steering Committee that reviewed the DNR’s formula used to estimate deer populations. The report was based on

By Steve PiattContributing Writer Nashville, Tenn. – Scott Wilhelm was thrilled with his second-place finish in the National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Friction Calling Championship. So you can imagine how he felt a couple

By Dean Bortz Editor Madison – Wisconsin turkey hunters have been bumping up against the spring harvest mark of 50,000 birds for several years now. Could this be the year hunters finally bag more than

Staff Report Madison – An assertion by tournament organizers that fish culling would bring more and bigger tournaments to the state did not pan out during a DNR tournament study. The study did reveal what

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Duluth, Minn. – Last summer, the threat of a spreading fish virus forced a federal agency to issue a crackdown on movement of some fish species in several Great Lakes

By Greg SeubertCorrespondent Oshkosh, Wis. – At age 19, Bill Nelson still has plenty of sturgeon-spearing seasons to look forward to, but chances are he’ll never forget the 2007 season. Nelson, of Larsen, speared the

Editor’s note: This article appears with permission from the Dodgeville Chronicle. Dodgeville, Wis. – An Avoca woman will spend one year in jail for embezzling at least $19,000 from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National

By Tim Eisele Correspondent Madison — The Natural Resources Board has created a special Stewardship Fund subcommittee to help the DNR referee talks on Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposal to renew the fund at a rate