Hook and Bullet
Commentary: One in-person field day won’t cut it for hunter safety training
I am a certified DNR hunter safety instructor and have been for roughly 15 years. I am writing about the Wisconsin DNR’s push to use the virtual world for hunter safety training, as well as
Steve Griffin: Show a little respect for the lowly dogfish
We’d seen several catfish swim beneath us as we sat side-by-side in a battered flip-over shelter on a rare corner of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay that was topped with fishable ice this winter.
We’d watched
Deer hunter success slips over the past decade in Illinois
Illinois deer hunters have gone from average to below average when it comes to hunter success in the past 10 years.
This according to two different sources: the hunters themselves and the National Deer
Wisconsin DNR facing ‘red ink reality’ without a license fee hike
Not bankrupt, but not flush with cash either may best describe the budget situation for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DNR officials explained to the Natural Resources Board (NRB), at its Jan. 24
Turkeys, pheasants benefiting from mild Minnesota winter so far in 2024
The 2022-23 and 2023-24 winter seasons have been complete opposites, and it’s allowed a couple of game bird species to increase their population, explore new locations, and provide a positive outlook for upcoming hunting seasons.<br
Mike Schoonveld: Deep thoughts about fishing with earthworms
I’m not a particularly deep thinker, and most of the time, like when I’m threading a worm on a hook, I’m not thinking much deeper than how deep I should dangle the worm.
Most
Longear sunfish are feisty fighters of late winter, early spring in Ohio
A longear sunfish is unlike any other. Glimmering fresh from the water, it seems too spectacular to be here, as if had been blown inland from the barrier reef of an exotic land. It is
Wisconsin State Roundup: Ban on antlerless harvest up north well intentioned, but not what’s needed
A new legislative bill that would ban antlerless deer harvest for four years in the Northern Forest Region may be well intentioned, but that’s not what we need in the north.
If that’s the
Members hope to revive Wisconsin’s Sporting Heritage Council
The Sporting Heritage Council, an organization created by the Wisconsin legislature in 2011 and coordinated by the Department of Natural Resources, has not met since 2022.
An article in the last issue of Wisconsin
