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Dean Bortz: Wildlife biologists offer fall deer forecast for Wisconsin
Each year Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologists in charge of the agency’s four deer hunting districts – the north, northeast, west-central and southern – take a look ahead and try to offer deer hunters some idea

Tips on line diameter – video
Hall of Fame angler “Tackle” Terry Tuma talks about line diameter related to catching big fish.

Three top spots for arrowing an early-season buck
The opener of any hunting season is always cause for excitement, but when it comes to the dawn of the annual archery deer hunt, I’m truly jazzed.
While the rut gets most of the

Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin’s Roy Case launched bowhunting’s ‘shot almost heard round the world’
Bowhunting historian Bill McCrary says it’s accurate to call Racine’s Roy I. Case (1888-1986) the father of Wisconsin bowhunting and co-founder of the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association.
“Roy Case left his fingerprints on every aspect

Rob Keck returns to help celebrate the restoration of wild turkeys in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s passion for wild turkeys, and turkey hunting, was in full strut in some of the state’s most beautiful turkey habitat in late July.
The Wisconsin Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation celebrated

Tips for making the most of this early-goose season
The early Canada goose season is nearly here in Ohio and other states.
Here are a few pointers that should shoot you in the right direction if you plan to be out after some

Grand times fishing can be had on Michigan’s Grand River
The Grand River is Michigan’s longest river at 256 miles. Other than below the 6th Street Dam in Grand Rapids, it doesn’t see much fishing pressure, especially in the summer months.
Once it enters

Commentary: Wisconsin DNR Office of Communications failing in its responsibilities to outdoor public
The definition of communication is “the sending and receiving of information between groups in a face-to-face manner or through communication devices.”
It’s not complicated, so my question is why does the DNR’s Office of

Should Wisconsin’s state game bird be the ruffed grouse, wild turkeys, wood ducks or …?
Should the wild turkey be declared the official Wisconsin state game bird?
Or the ruffed grouse? Maybe the wood duck?
Some might say making the wild turkey the state game bird is a