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Artificial intelligence won’t find you a deer, but may find you trouble as a hunter
At 4:54 a.m. on opening day of the 2025 bowhunting season, a curious Illinois hunter took one last sip of coffee and paused before shutting down his laptop to head out his back door toward

State Roundup: Is now a better time to push for an earlier Wisconsin gun season for deer?
I can’t believe we’ve nearly reached the end of another year of enjoying Wisconsin’s great outdoors, with a wonderful Thanksgiving still close in the rearview mirror and Christmas just around the corner.
We have

Steve Griffin: Making outdoor memories between opening, closing days
Opening days of hunting and fishing seasons get plenty of attention but more and more, I think of them as appetizers and season endings as desserts. Both are wonderful, but the dessert memories are enduring

When the water finally hardens in Pennsylvania, it’s trout time
In Pennsylvania the traditional start of trout season is in mid-April – that’s for all the open-water anglers across the state.
But for thousands of anglers who brave cold winter temperatures and stand on

Whitefish, cold water, and lessons learned beneath the surface
Whitefish? Yes, please.
Some of my earliest memories take me back to St. Ignace, Michigan. A family member owned a small smoke shop there, and he’d arise early to catch whitefish from Lake Huron,

Strikemaster Lazer Mag: An ice auger’s rise – or decline? – to stardom
I recall clearly the year 1998.
It was during ’98 that I received as a Christmas gift from my now dearly-departed (not dead, just departed) ex-wife. It was my first and, to date, my

George Meyer, longtime advocate for Wisconsin’s natural resources, facing his latest battle head-on
He was the right man, at the right place, at the right time.
He is George Meyer, past-secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and retired executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife

Is an ice-fishing season on its way for Ohio anglers? Here are some best bets for first ice
Are we going to get some ice this winter fishing season in Ohio? It is starting to look that way. The ocean wind and temperature occurring over the central and eastern Pacific Ocean encouraged forecasters

Steve Piatt: Are all-day sits worth it? Sometimes, hunting hurts a bit
There’s a certain level of discomfort, even pain, involved in deer hunting, and there’s really no way of avoiding it if you spend any serious time in pursuit of a whitetail.
You essentially have