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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Sandhill State Wildlife Area taking trapping applications through Sept. 15
The DNR is accepting applications for a special trapping season within the Sandhill State Wildlife Area designed to help the DNR achieve its furbearer management goals on the 9,150-acre property. The deadline to apply for

Wisconsin DNR can begin drafting ‘housekeeping’ regulations for wildlife and fish rule changes
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved two scope statements involving future wildlife rules and one statement for fisheries rules that now allow the Department of Natural Resources to begin drafting minor “housekeeping” regulations.

Remade Klum Lake should be on Iowa birders, duck hunters radar this fall
Ringed by trees and away from the busy roads in eastern Louisa County, Iowa’s Klum Lake has undergone a significant makeover over the past decade or so.
The 250-acre natural floodplain lake – historically

New York’s hunting seasons ready to begin for big and small game
Sept. 1 marks the start of the sporting license year in New York, at least for hunters and trappers. That date also kicks off an early Canada goose season across much of the state that

An end-of-summer checklist to complete before bowhunting season
As summer winds down, hunters are shifting gears in preparation for chasing whitetails this fall. Bows are being dusted off, landowners are being visited, and glassing velvet bucks is in full swing.
However, while

Dove details to get you ready for the Minnesota season
Travel far enough south and you’ll enter a world where the dove opener is dang near a regional holiday. Over fields of millet, sorghum, and a host of other dove-friendly plantings, folks will line up

Steve Piatt: Great adventures elicit great emotion
It has happened before, and I’m sure it will again. I don’t know exactly when, but I have a few ideas.
I’m going to cry. I won’t collapse into a blubbering mess, but certainly

New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Aug. 28, 2025
Fishing action starts to slow as hunting becomes the focus. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report on Aug. 28, 2029.

Gear items that will add to your efficiency this bowhunting season
One thing that helps get me through the heart of a bowhunting offseason is analyzing gear for my mobile hunting style.
This mobile approach has helped me shoot a lot more deer, but