Hook and Bullet
Ben Moyer: In the outdoors, a good partner makes the day
Many things make a good day outdoors. One is the right partner, whose likes and skills are fitted to that outing.
I’m fortunate to have enjoyed woods and water with different good partners on
Outdoors journalist Dave Carlson headed to Wisconsin’s conservation hall of fame
Dave Carlson, a well-respected outdoors writer and television producer/host, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame (WCHF) next April.
The 77-year-old journalist from Eau Claire was the outdoors writer for the
Wisconsin State Roundup: More crossbow hunters at least part of the reason for lower gun deer harvest in the north
There’s always a temptation to do some dissecting of deer harvest numbers and what those numbers might mean once we get a look at the preliminary gun deer harvest totals and those from the early
Pheasant shortage scales back hunt in Illinois
Illinois pheasant hunters sensed something was awry in late November when Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area began scaling back the number of permits it issued for the Controlled Pheasant Hunting program.
Many
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Fall turkey harvest stands at 3,862 birds as of Dec. 3; 2025 application deadline Dec. 10
isconsin’s fall turkey hunters registered 3,862 turkeys as of Dec. 3, with Zone 2 hunters leading the way with 993 birds checked in.
Female suspect receives $5K bond in tri-county poaching case from southeast Wisconsin
The adult female suspect in a widespread three-county poaching case in southeast Wisconsin left her initial appearance in Washington County Circuit Court Dec. 2 on a $5,000 signature bond with three stipulations:
• That
Study shows Great Lakes wolf survival not linked to federal listing status
Researchers have found that humans account for 67% of wolf mortality, with poaching the dominant cause of wolf mortality despite the fact that wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota have been mostly under some level
Wisconsin’s statewide gun deer kill up a tad from 2023
There’s a lot less blaze orange in Wisconsin’s annual gun deer hunt, but the 553,652 license buyers were still able to bring home more venison than they did a year ago.
However, for the
Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Dec. 6, 2024
It is early and reports are light, but ice is forming. A look at the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report on Dec. 6, 2024.
