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Commentary: Be careful for what you wish when it comes to split woodcock seasons for Wisconsin
In-person and online participation in the annual Conservation Congress spring hearing will occur the week of April 8, with the in-person meetings taking place in each of the state’s 72 counties that evening. The online

Have a seat: Lawn chair fishing is just plain fun
Andrew Hendrickson is a charter boat skipper. He mostly fishes for walleyes, largely in the Michigan’s Saginaw Bay system.
But when I met up with him recently for a day of angling near his

Creating another generation of turkey hunters, Part 3: The hunt is on. Enjoy it.
So the hunt is about to begin. Dress your young turkey hunter up in warm camouflage clothing. If you don’t want to spring for something that will be outgrown in a year or two, opt

These streams stand out in southeast Pennsylvania during the early season
It’ll soon be time for trout fishing. Good-bye winter, hurray spring!
While Pennsylvania now has a unified opener on Saturday, April 6, many of us enjoyed those years when we had a two-tier start.

Understand turkey habits to tag a gobbler this spring
Hunters eventually learn mature gobblers are tough to tag. If you haven’t already, you will encounter extremely wary birds. Pressured gobblers become shy of hunter sounds, shapes, and movements. Their mysterious actions can be conquered,

Wisconsin’s Jackson County may see first bull elk season this fall
The Wisconsin DNR will present the Natural Resources Board (NRB) with a plan to open the Central Elk Zone in Jackson County to a hunt this fall when board members meet Wednesday, April 10, in

Iowa’s Mark and Denise Nelson win Farmer of the Year Award from Pheasants Forever
Pheasants Forever announced on March 28 that Mark and Denise Nelson of Claremont, Iowa, earned the organization’s 2023-2024 Farmer of the Year Award.
The annual award, which is sponsored by John Deere, recognizes

Revamped Illinois brood survey providing valuable information on turkeys
Nearly 55% of wild turkey sightings in the revamped Illinois Brood Survey were observed by non-scientists spending time outdoors last summer who “happened to spot a turkey.”
The other 45% were reported by DNR

Turkey poult survival focus of a new study in Wisconsin
Having a handle on poult survival provides wildlife biologists with a solid indicator of which direction a turkey population is heading, so to that end a gang of researchers are afield now working on a