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Take this training approach to embolden your puppy
There’s a common path a lot of puppy owners take. It begins with big hopes and dreams, as well as elaborate training plans, when the pup is really young. By the time the dog is

Here are some summertime sunfish lakes to consider in Ohio
My fondest bluegill story came from Milton Trautman. I met him at Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie in 1981. A student and teaching assistant at the time, I was told to pick up Dr. Trautman

First taste of duck season in Illinois with blind drawings beginning June 2
Prepared or not, duck hunters in Illinois are getting their first taste of the 2024-25 season.
DNR has scheduled the first round of public waterfowl blind drawings. Blind drawings for the Mississippi River State

Commentary: A close look at wolf, bear impacts on buck kill in Wisconsin
In the March 22 issue of Wisconsin Outdoor News, Jim Johannes argued that wolves more likely than bears demonstrate the ability to suppress deer numbers. Johannes uses an apples to orange comparison by looking at

Try these three trout gems of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier during the late spring
Early June is a joyous time on Pennsylvania’s north-central trout waters. Mayflies and caddis galore pretty much guarantee hot trout action from bottom hugging, emerging and floating insects alike.
While the region close to

Wisconsin DNR balances multiple factors when setting 2024 elk quotas
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) heard confirmation that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will issue harvest tags for four bull elk in the Black River Falls Central Elk Range this fall for the

Illinois hunter had No. 3 B&C rack in basement for decades before realizing the unique buck he had
After a long day of hunting pheasants in LaSalle County, Ill., Sam Aiuppa put the dog away and climbed into a stand along the timber. The hunter from West Chicago replaced birdshot with a slug

New Sheboygan Marsh dam in Wisconsin offers more tools to control water levels
Ducks Unlimited members, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources personnel, and members of several Sheboygan County conservation clubs were some of the more than 100 folks who gathered on a sunny afternoon May 19 to celebrate

Wisconsin State Roundup: Access to DNR wildlife biologists made difficult during reporting on northern deer herd
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers must just about lay an egg any time a license-buying sportsman utters the word deer or wolf out loud. I say that based on the reaction we received from the DNR