Hook and Bullet
Wisconsin Wardens are Work: Ben Mott works public/private land conflict in Waushara County
A private landowner and deer hunter was impressed when a Wisconsin DNR game warden, Ben Mott in Waushara County, took the time to work through an incident during the 2024 gun deer season.
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Reload your own straight-wall cartridges
It has been said that straight-walled cartridges can be a challenge to reload. I have experienced no reason to feel this way. I enjoy reloading them more than shouldered cartridges.
For those willing to
Oak Duke: Desperately seeking the right trout water
Nothing quite like the feeling of having a good fish on.
But was it a fluke?, No pun intended. Who wants to catch just one fish? Sometimes trout will hit a fly, we mumble,
Steve Sarley: We all started with live bait; some of us still tinker
I started fishing with live bait. Didn’t we all? I recall picking fat, wiggly nightcrawlers off of my family’s driveway after a rain.
Nothing better than free bait for a young fisherman, is there?
Outdoor groups condemn Senate proposal to sell up to 3 million public acres across 11 western states
Outdoor organizations on Wednesday, June 11, rebuked a provision in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s reconciliation proposal that would mandate the sale of public land in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New
Looking at the current status of bighorn sheep in North Dakota
Big-game biologist Brett Weidmann is the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s bighorn sheep guru and has forgotten more about bighorn sheep than most will ever know.
While Weidmann spends his share of time
Flop of a fishing trip becomes quest for Lucky ‘Stones’ from a sheephead
I recently renewed an old childhood tradition of fishing the white bass spawning run in central Wisconsin.
Picture it: You’ve got Lake Winnebago, which is about the size of Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs, plus
Patrick Durkin: Fishing’s rituals, routines build friendships
I only like to go fishing when I’m alone or with somebody. But I’d rather fish alone than go with just anybody.
After all, few situations are more boring or annoying than being confined
Minnesota DNR completes spring waterfowl survey amid tough conditions
When Minnesota DNR officials fly the annual spring waterfowl breeding population survey – one of the state’s longest-running wildlife inventories – it rarely goes off without a hitch.
This spring was no different.
