Wisconsin Letters to the Editor
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
December 29, 2022
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the Dec. 28 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Opinion
State roundup: Thank Wis. organizations for taking lead in response to wolf plan
Dean Bortz
December 29, 2022
The WWF’s Laurie Groskopf and Matt Lallemont did the heavy lifting by sifting through the draft wolf plan and developing the initial list of objections.
Christine gets the boot(s)!
Christine Thomas
December 21, 2022
Why boots? Well, most of the challenging aspects of the hunt were related to boots. You may recall an earlier column this fall, where I told you about my first snow-filled outing with Stan. This
Thoughts from the old deer stand
Bill Thornley
December 21, 2022
Things seemed pretty quiet for the nine-day hunt here in Washburn County, but the DNR’s preliminary report says the Northern Forest Region was up about 15% from 2021.
Stupid to replace fur with oil-based fakes
Tom Venesky
December 21, 2022
There is a disturbing parallel between the fossil fuel and fur industries.
Father’s prized old rifle lives on in the Duren family hunting lore
Patrick Durkin
December 21, 2022
As a kid who started hunting in the late 1960s, I knew men and friends who carried old bolt-actions like the Springfield M1903-A3, .303 British, .30-40 Krag and 8mm Mauser. Some were original military-grade rifles,
Backyard and beyond: Holiday bird count, and photographing the whitetail rut
Val Cunningham
December 21, 2022
On a Saturday in mid-December, I’ll be heading out with a small group of fellow bird watchers to count birds for my local Audubon Society chapter. Tens of thousands of other volunteers across our hemisphere
State Roundup: My deer season does not follow statewide trend
Dean Bortz
December 21, 2022
I did get out the last two afternoons of the muzzleloader season on public land in western Vilas County. The outings were probably more like taking a walk while carrying a muzzleloader than they were
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
December 21, 2022
No compassion for understanding, only citation-driven, is the main intent of the DNR. Recently I received a citation for baiting. The incident at issue was to afford wildlife the benefit of a bumper crop of
