Fixing ice-fishing mistakes – video
Site Staff
January 2, 2025
We all make mistakes when it comes to ice fishing (pros and rookies alike), but here are a few basic mistakes to avoid.
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Commentary: In Congress’ final days, wildlife, outdoor recreation legislation sent to president
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Report
January 2, 2025
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, on Dec. 23, celebrated the advancement of two bills a week ago passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate following their passage by the House of Representatives earlier this year: the America’s
Farm bill extension gets cold reception from conservation groups
Tori McCormick
December 31, 2024
Several national conservation groups say Congress wasted a golden opportunity to do right by hunters, anglers, and conservationists by passing a federal farm bill extension that doesn’t include billions in conservation funding from the Inflation
Star Watch: Top times to see Mars in 2025
Bob Drieslein
December 30, 2024
But don’t look for Mars on the night of Jan. 13 when it will be “occulted” or covered up by the full moon. These lunar occultations occur when the moon passes in front of a
Here are ways to impress your non-hunting friends and family around the table this holiday season
Tori McCormick
December 29, 2024
Some traumas are impossible to forget. The case of my late great-aunt’s Christmas goose is one of those such episodes.
Let me explain. Christmas with my feral Irish clan has always been a wild
Wisconsin Wardens at Work: ‘Admin’ wardens go afield for deer season
Jerry Davis
December 28, 2024
DNR game wardens may have dreamed of becoming a field warden because they love being out in Wisconsin’s natural resources. They know protecting those resources comes before personal recreation, and that means working the nine-day
Biden officially makes bald eagle the national bird
Associated Press
December 26, 2024
The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday, Dec. 24: It officially became the country’s national bird.
Nature Smart: The javelina is quite the cool critter
Stan Tekiela
December 26, 2024
Often when I’m leading a photo tour, we’re seeking a specific bird or mammal or maybe a couple of species. For example, recently I was leading a tour to central New Mexico, and we were
Backyard and Beyond: Year-end scenes
Val Cunningham
December 26, 2024
Take a holiday decoration purchased at a big box store, add a rope hanger and, voila! you have a great setting to photograph winter’s birds as they fly in to feed. Rich Carlson snapped a
