Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025
Staff Report
September 12, 2025
Fishermen battle high winds, cool temperatures. A look at the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report on Sept. 12, 2025.
Hunting
PFAS-related consumption advisories issued for ducks, deer and fish in parts of Wisconsin
Tim Eisele
September 12, 2025
The alphabet soup of chemical pollutants (DDT, CWD, VHS, HPA, PFAS) just expanded with the release of a consumption advisory for mallards and wood ducks harvested from Green Bay due to the contamination of per-
Why is meat from some feral hogs tainted blue?
Bob Zink
September 12, 2025
I used to take my two sons to southern Texas during spring break to bowhunt hogs at a high-fence ranch. (I’m not a beach guy; I’d rather hunt.) In three days of hunting, we’d average
Boone and Crockett Club research project finds only 4% of poaching incidents detected
Staff Report
September 9, 2025
“Poach and Pay,” an ongoing research project commissioned by the Boone and Crockett Club, suggests that only about 4% of poaching incidents across the U.S. are uncovered or reported.
In other words, 95% of
Lone star tick expanding its range; here’s what hunters should know
Russ Mason
September 9, 2025
Health experts advise archers and other hunters to be extra vigilant for ticks this year, with the lone star tick (a female lone star is pictured at right) expanding into Michigan and other northern states.
Hungarian partridge offer fast-flushes, challenging shots, and a taste of the Old World in America’s grasslands
Tori McCormick
September 4, 2025
The upland hunt in the early 2000s unraveled in a postcard-perfect setting: along the rolling hills of small grain and grassland near Lemmon, S.D., just west of the walleye-rich Missouri River, where Lewis and Clark
Speed, weight, and design: Identifying the best modern bullets for hunting whitetails
Ron Spomer
September 3, 2025
The problem with identifying the best bullet for white-tailed deer hunting is … getting everyone to agree on it!
One man’s best is another’s worst. I’ve heard just about every bullet ever flung at
Patrick Durkin: Recent fishing trip recalls worst travel day ever
Patrick Durkin
September 3, 2025
The little city of Eveleth, Minn., is 65 miles north of Duluth, and it’s home to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. It’s also just west of Hwy. 53. I overnighted there in October 1994
USFWS survey shows duck numbers hold steady despite dry conditions
Staff Report
September 2, 2025
Ducks Unlimited reported in a press statement Tuesday the release of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2025 Waterfowl Population Status Report, which indicated overall duck numbers largely were unchanged from a year ago across
