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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo set for Aug. 24 in Oshkosh
The fourth annual Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo will run Saturday, Aug. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh with a long list of activities and seminars for hunting dogs,

Fond du Lac County sheriff’s department, Wisconsin DNR working large deer poaching case
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens are asking for help in an investigation of a deer poaching scheme involving dozens of deer and covering almost 200

Illinois DNR to double number of bobcat permits for upcoming season
Trappers and hunters hoping to secure a bobcat permit for the upcoming season in Illinois have had their chances doubled.
Following the release of a much-anticipated study by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale indicating

A new legislative committee eyeing sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin
The latest attempt to create a Wisconsin sandhill crane season began Aug. 1 in Horicon at the inaugural meeting of the 2024 Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes.
One takeaway – a regulated

Special report: Wisconsin DNR’s tight budget under scrutiny
Back in January at the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting, DNR officials reminded NRB members that the bulk of fisheries, wildlife, and law enforcement funding comes from the “conservation fund,” also known as the

Michigan offers a smorgasbord of fishing opportunities in September
September is a month of anticipation for Michigan outdoor enthusiasts.
Hunters eagerly are preparing for the early teal and goose seasons, and archers are diligently tending their food plots. The excitement is building for

South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks alters August Canada goose season
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has decreased the number of counties open for the August “management take” of locally-produced Canada geese, citing both declining population levels and conflicts with landowners as central

Steve Pollick: An ode to two remarkable Ohio outdoorsmen in Mike Budzik and Roy Kroll
If there is someone who has poured more blood, sweat, and tears into fostering sportsmen’s interests in Ohio in the last 45 years than Mike Budzik, I have not met him, or her.
“Bud,” as

Bucks of summer provide a great viewing experience
My pal Paul resides on a hobby farm that, among other things, provides a heap of open pasture space upon which to train my dogs, shoot our hunting bows at 3-dimensional targets set up against