Hook and Bullet
Don’t ignore deeper water for Michigan’s first-ice panfish
Ice anglers wait anxiously for first ice, knowing it’s one of the best times to catch bluegills.
Anglers predictably gather off weed edges where they last made big catches in the fall. That can
Public land hunters need to be aware of DEC’s permit process as Long Island deer hunt starts Jan. 7
Sunday, Jan. 7, will mark the opening day of Long Island’s firearms deer season, a season which since the mid-1960s has allowed not only Long Island hunters, but also a surprising number of hunters from
Illinois deer harvest drops during gun season, despite addition of rifle hunting
Southern Illinois again dominated the list of top-harvesting counties during this year’s firearms deer season, but a slight drop in the number of deer taken overall puts to rest a notion that allowing single-shot rifles
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Two 2024 Wisconsin sport shows announced
Wausau and Marinette will be the sites of two 2024 sports shows serving central and northern Wisconsin and northeast Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Wisconsin State Roundup: Why did the DNR’s chief game warden not present Shikar Safari Club award at NRB meeting?
You’ll find a news story by veteran reporter Tim Eisele on Brian Knepper, a Wisconsin DNR game warden who received this year’s Shikar Safari Club award at the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board meeting in
Savvy techniques for catching crappies on the ice
For a moment, this silver-sided crappie glistened like the cold winter sun and the early morning reflection on the ice.
Fresh from the frozen lake, the crappie was a feather in my cap. It
Wisconsin Warden Brian Knepper chosen for Safari Club Int’l award
Brian Knepper, a lieutenant conservation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, received the 2022 Shikar Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award at the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting
Deer bait business thriving in Wisconsin as CWD expands
Baiting and feeding deer is illegal in 59 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, so retired wildlife professor Scott Craven thought it odd Dec. 7 to see 50-pound bags of “deer corn” stacked atop a pallet as
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board gets first look at deer season harvest
“Keep your mind open because there are opportunities for change ahead,” said Natural Resources Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith to deer hunters who are frustrated over the 2023 deer season.
The board heard a
