Hook and Bullet
Play the wind to get your gobbler this spring
Perusing the hunting section of a local farm store one spring day, I asked the associate where the scent free soap and sprays were. “Man, you know turkeys can’t smell you, don’t you?” he said.
Dean Bortz: When it comes to the chore list, it’s never ‘just’ for me
So here it was, opening weekend of Wisconsin’s 2024 fishing season and even though plenty of work had been accomplished leading up to Saturday, May 4, the chore list still looked fairly foreboding.
Typically,
Wisconsin loses conservation leader Dave Ladd
David Ladd, long-time conservationist and past member of the Conservation Congress, passed away April 25 at age 89.
If there was a “who’s who” of Wisconsin conservationists, Ladd would be at the top of
Getting pushy with toms: Here’s when and how to call aggressively for turkeys
We’ve all heard aggressive turkey calling – on TV, sitting next to a hunting friend, or sometimes even in the woods just after fly-down as two hens dish out an array of insults toward one
Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on turkeys, CWD in Pennsylvania, and more
By now, you likely have heard about researchers in Texas reporting last month on a case in which two deer hunters contracted a rare and fatal brain disease after eating venison from deer that may
Commentary: Public input important to Wisconsin deer work
County Deer Advisory Committees (CDACs) are done with this year’s work, but how much does members’ efforts impact all the variables that influence deer numbers, as their charter requires? The truth is, CDAC members are
Need a scope for your deer rifle? Hunters may find an advantage in BDC scopes
Should you own a bullet drop compensator (BDC) scope? Maybe, maybe not.
Dialed in, it can be a hunter’s dream, offering the potential for an accurate 200-yard shot with a rifle sighted in at
Mike Schoonveld: How you clean fish impacts the flavor of your fish
I remember the first fish I ever caught that someone cleaned for me and I got to eat it. My grandpa laid the tiny sunfish on the counter, used a spoon to scrape off the
Wisconsin’s Vilas, Oneida county offer doe tags; Iron, Ashland buck only
Members of two Citizen Deer Advisory Councils in neighboring counties went in different directions on antlerless deer quota suggestions from the deer hunters who provided input to the councils.
Vilas County CDAC members ignored
