
Backyard and Beyond: Hunting through the winter
On a winter day, a short-eared owl drops down into a grassland, talons extended to snag a vole, a dietary staple. A northern harrier – a hawk that often shares the same hunting territories and

On a winter day, a short-eared owl drops down into a grassland, talons extended to snag a vole, a dietary staple. A northern harrier – a hawk that often shares the same hunting territories and

In January 2017, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a rule change that has since allowed hunters to place stands and ground blinds overnight on state-owned land north of Hwy. 64 from September through January.<br

Reliably starting a fire in any conditions can mean the difference between comfort and misery, safety and danger. From the rugged mountain country of the West to the big woods of the Upper Midwest and

The Wisconsin DNR fisheries team out of La Crosse routinely surveys the pools on the Mississippi River, as do their compatriots across the river in Minnesota. The DNR team recently took a look at Pool

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from the DNR. These reports are from the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Here’s a look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

When ice fishing, Quinn Erdmann consistently catches big northern pike and walleyes in the shallowest water possible, often in as little as 8 inches of water below the ice.
“I get as close to

How humans read and view modern maps is one of the biggest advancements when it comes to changes in the world of hunting.
For most, long gone are the days of looking over a physical
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