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Wisconsin’s spring season turkey tally up 8.7% from 2022
More Wisconsin Thanksgiving tables will be graced by wild birds this November, as hunters registered 42,439 turkeys during the spring season, a 19% increase over the previous year.
Taylor Finger, DNR game bird ecologist,

Lessons learned for ‘prairie guy’ on trip into Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
As my head emerged from the screen door of my tent, there were all sorts of things that could have caught my eye on the second morning of a recent trip with a group of

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse counts up again in core of bird’s range
Minnesota’s ruffed grouse spring population counts are up again from last year and are similar to other recent peaks in the 10-year population cycle of grouse, according to a study from the Minnesota Department of

Wisconsin DNR accepting artwork for 2024 turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp contests through July 15
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting artwork entries for the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests. The winning designs will appear on the 2024 collection of stamps.
Each year, local

Three tips for better trail camera setups that will help your scouting
Trail cameras are nearly ubiquitous across deer-hunting circles. It seems as though everyone owns at least one, and as we get into prime summer scouting season, most of them will end up in the woods.

Big groups, big fish, big fun on Michigan’s Great Lakes
Fishing is many things to many people. That’s one of the allures of the sport.
For some, the solitude of the game is what’s important. It’s man against fish. The angler chooses when, where,

Digesting Michigan’s deer regulation tweaks
Michigan’s deer managers aim to enhance “deer hunting opportunities for Michigan deer hunters this year and beyond,” according to a recent news release announcing several changes in regulations.
That’s a good goal, more opportunities

Pennsylvania game farm supplying 30,000 pheasants to New York
A central Pennsylvania pheasant-rearing facility has begun supplying New York with ring-necked pheasants in a restocking effort at DEC’s Reynolds Game Farm to provide birds for the state’s hunters this fall.
DEC is purchasing

Film, “Mending the Line,” spotlights redemptive value of fishing
It isn’t so much that life imitates art – or vice-versa – as it is that both are parallel tracks headed in the same direction.
And when you look at them out to the