Wisconsin Senate passes bill to force setting goal for wolf hunt
Associated Press
October 25, 2023
The state has operated since 1999 under a wolf-management plan that limits the statewide population at 350 animals.
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Wisconsin 5th-graders enjoy ‘field day’ at Hartman Creek State Park
Greg Seubert
October 22, 2023
What’s the difference between a water scorpion and an aquatic sow bug?
About 300 fifth-graders can answer that question after attending the annual Waupaca County Conservation Field Day in Wisconsin. The Golden Sands Resource
Ongoing conflicts might make for U.S. shortage in ammunition
Jeff Frischkorn
October 20, 2023
The conflagration of the ongoing Ukraine-Russian War and now the volatile Israeli-Hamas/Palestinian War is expected to fire a broadside shot at American hunters and firearms enthusiasts.
Firearms-associated chat-rooms – and even firearms industry experts
Discussion regarding wolf damage payments, social carrying capacity dominate meeting in Marshfield, Wis.
Beckie Gaskill
October 18, 2023
Questions regarding the wolf damage payment fund, social carrying capacity and a population goal carried the evening during a DNR open house meeting on the topic in Marshfield, Wis.
The DNR also set up
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Tostrud, Wilkins, Rickaby state stamp contest winners
Staff and News Reports
October 17, 2023
Jim Tostrud, Robert Wilkens, and Ryan Rickaby won Wisconsin’s 2024 state turkey, pheasant, and waterfowl stamp contests, respectively. Artists submitted more than 30 pieces for judging that took place Aug. 26 at the Wisconsin Waterfowl
Wisconsin Interscholastic Fishing Association now part of ice fishing expo
Dan Durbin
October 17, 2023
Wisconsin Ice Fishing Expo organizers couldn’t be happier than to have developed a partner/sponsorship with WIFA, a group of 144 Wisconsin high schools committed to the education, conservation, and management of natural resources, as they
Outdoor News Contributing Editor Dan Small part of Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame’s 2024 class
Larry Polenske
October 17, 2023
Radio show host, former TV show host, writer, and Wisconsin Outdoor News Contributing Editor Dan Small has been selected for induction into the 2024 class of the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward,
Biden signs bipartisan shooting education bill that protects funding for hunter ed, archery programs
Dan Ladd
October 16, 2023
President Joe Biden has signed the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, which protects funding for schools that provide hunter education, archery, shooting sports and other programs.
The Oct. 6 signature comes after both
A $10,543 fine rendered in Wisconsin Columbia County elk case from 2021
Dean Bortz
October 14, 2023
A Portage man who shot a bull elk on Nov. 20, 2021, opening day of the gun-deer season that year, finally saw his case adjudicated in Columbia County Circuit Court last month with a sentence
