Hook and Bullet
State Roundup: Start with Iron County when looking deep into issues with Northern Wisconsin’s deer herd
Steve Heiting’s deer series continues with a look at Iron and Ashland counties, along with an accompanying article on the front page of our June 14 print edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
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Hybrid striped bass can be found in many Ohio waters, and certainly earn their hard-fighting reputation
Heterosis (hybrid vigor) means a hybrid striper has more potential than the parents to grow faster, attain a beefier physique, and show a higher tolerance to stress. How much vigor depends on the cards dealt.
Illinois gobbler ranked 7th heaviest in state history, top tom taken by female hunter
As she did with the first five turkeys she shot in her hunting career, Jennifer Cheely grabbed the freshly-harvested Edgar County tom and threw it over her shoulder.
That’s what first made her go
Pennsylvania Reader Stories: Some poach gobblers during the Sabbath day
The so-called “Sunday hunting ban” has never stopped Norm Green, of Northeast Pa., or me, during spring gobbler season.
We have always utilized Sundays as scouting days during gobbler season. We’ve often located active
From bass to panfish, topwater lures dominate in June
Summer is here, and with it comes a sense of consistency in fishing.
The unpredictability of spring is fading as weather patterns become more stable. Anglers typically welcome the month of June with open
Bob Zink: Post-party illnesses a reminder of how to cook bear meat
I have friends who have varying degrees of meat aversion. One will eat fish, but no other meat. One has a pet pig and will eat nothing with pork in it. Another is a “locavore.”
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Northwest Whitetails Unlimited chapter donates to Spooner, Shell Lake youth trap teams
Northwest Wisconsin Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited donated $2,000 each to Spooner’s Northland Trap Team and the Shell Lake FFA trap shooting team.
Spooner’s team is made up of 12 members and coached by Darby
Group-hunting with bows denied by Wisconsin’s Conservation Congress
Group-hunting has been legal during Wisconsin’s gun deer seasons since the mid-1980s, but four decades later it remains a bridge too far for bowhunters.
Group-hunting – also known as party-hunting or group-bagging – allows
Jeffrey Frischkorn: From my first fish, a love affair with catching yellow perch has never faded
My very first fish was a yellow perch, and all I could do was admire it with a child’s awe.
The fish’s body was more gold than yellow or more yellow than gold, if
