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Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo drew more families this year
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s (WWA) sixth annual Waterfowl Hunters’ Expo, that ran Aug. 21-22, was a big draw for families with husbands, wives, kids and their dogs roaming the grounds of the Sunnyview Expo Center.

Waupaca couple develops Hooked on Wisconsin Outdoors clothing line
She loves to fish. He loves to hunt.
A Waupaca husband and wife have turned those passions into a line of clothing inspired by the outdoors. Kyle Holden, an officer with the Waupaca Police

Wisconsin Roundup: Remembering Don Bluhm; and more on wolf incidents
I’m going to miss Don Bluhm, one of our writers who passed away Aug. 13 at age 90. I consider myself very lucky to have known Bluhm.
When his stories arrived, I would sit

Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Warden stop leads to arrest on a warrant
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Sept. 4, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Racine County deputy faces four felonies stemming from mentor turkey hunt in Wisconsin
A 35-year-old Racine County Sheriff’s Department deputy faces four felony charges after letting his 3-year-old daughter trigger a shot that wounded a 40-year-old turkey-hunting mentor and the man’s 7-year-old son April 12 during Wisconsin’s two-day

Storyteller for the ages, Donald Bluhm, spins his final outdoors tale
Editor’s note: Six or seven years ago, I asked our more senior writers to pencil up something about their lives for me so that when the day came, heaven forbid, we could publish their last

Dean Bortz: Which way will Wisconsin DNR lean on wolf loss payments?
Anyone in Wisconsin who hunts with a dog, who owns dogs and lives in “wolf country,” or who raise any kind of livestock within sniffing range of a wolf pack just might want to pay

Minnesota’s offal wildlife project returns for year nine with some new initiatives
The Offal Wildlife Watching Project will return for its ninth year, adding small mammal trapping, disease testing, and a hunter survey.
Grace Milanowski, Offal Wildlife Watching Project coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Extension, said

Three weather conditions bowhunters can use to get more aggressive
I recently wrote a bowhunting column where I encouraged hunters to simplify their approach and focus on a few basics about whitetails.
One of my suggestions was to get into the woods any chance you