Hook and Bullet
Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc., looking for new chapters
A Wisconsin group that wants to promote deer hunting and outdoors-related activities is looking for new members and new chapters.
Chuck Dallas, of Shawano, is president of the Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc., Board of
Shed hunting season comes with some added bonuses
If this time of year has you yearning for spring so you can get outdoors as the first fish of open water angling season begin to bite, there is no reason to sit around and
Tom Venesky: Shed season is another chance to claim a ‘trophy’
The adrenaline rush with finding a nice shed is almost equal to the feeling of actually harvesting a trophy buck. Sometimes, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, but shed antler hunting is
Illinois bobcat hunters, trappers see a slight decrease in tags filled
Bobcat harvest slid slightly in Illinois this season, but interest in the limited number of permits issued by DNR each fall continues to rise.
A record 9,700 trappers and hunters applied for the 2,000
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Leftover turkey tags go on sale this week
More than 100,000 leftover spring turkey tags will go on sale this week, by zone, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, with leftover tags in Zone 1, which has more than 11,000 tags remaining
Fed dollars boost Wisconsin DNR’s budget with nearly $38 million for fish, wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be sending more than $1.2 billion in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration excise tax apportionments to support states, commonwealths and territories in their efforts to fund conservation
Federal funds for Wisconsin’s Voluntary Public Access program still in limbo
Wisconsin’s Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) allows hunting and other recreational activities on roughly 32,000 acres of private land across the state. While supporters say the program is beneficial to landowners, outdoor
Ask a Fisheries Biologist: How often are Wisconsin anglers limiting out on panfish?
Some anglers worry that other anglers are taking a full limit or more of panfish. How common is it for a panfish angler to keep a limit or more than the limit?
Kristin Ojaniemi: Discovering splake and whitefish on Lake Superior’s Munising Bay
It’s March in the Upper Peninsula – well over halfway through our winter season. Lake ice remains thick here, and we’ve had over two months of good ice fishing on inland lakes this season.
