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Dan Ladd: Be careful relying on artificial intelligence for your info on outdoor regulations
Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, and that includes things relative to the outdoors.
Try a Google search of anything from the latest guns or gear to perhaps a hunting or fishing destination and see
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Multiple people caught snagging sturgeon below Dells dam
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Sept. 5, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
EHD hitting deer hard in southeast Ohio
A fast-spreading deer disease has hit areas of southeast Ohio hard in this late summer season, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has had a particular rough impact on
Commentary: A few suggestions to help hunters harvest more does where needed
Deer hunters have gradually and reluctantly moved past the old mindset of avoiding doe harvests. In some parts of Wisconsin protecting does is important, but for much of the state deer populations have exploded and
Four reasons you aren’t having the bowhunting success you want
My wife and I were in our kitchen almost 15 years ago on a summer Sunday afternoon when I brought up deer hunting, a subject she’d heard me mention frequently.
“I want to get
Drifting along Minnesota’s Driftless Region makes for great kayak fishing
My jerkbait skipped across the turbid water as I cast into a well-known river in the Driftless Region of southeastern Minnesota. The lure came to rest under a low-hanging limestone shelf, and I let it
Mike Raykovicz: A ‘modest’ proposal for a doe season
When Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” in 1729, it was widely regarded as an inflammatory essay. In his essay, Swift suggested that the children of the starving Irish poor be sold so as not
A 2025 grouse tour? Minnesota has more options than you might realize
For more than a decade, my brother and I and sometimes others have annually embarked on our “Grouse Tour.” Sometimes we’re on the hunt for ruffed grouse, sometimes not. Most of the time, two or
With concerns over Federal money, Wisconsin DNR budget remains a mystery
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2025-27 budget is enough to keep current operations running, but without major additions.
Maggie Hutter, DNR budget director, reported to the Natural Resources Board (NRB) Aug. 13
