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Spring tree planting tips to up your odds of success
A reforestation guide from the USDA and Green Infrastructure Center says more trees lead to less crime, better health, lower utility costs, less flooding, less asthma, fewer car accidents and higher property values, just to

Oak Duke: A great hunt during the heart of the whitetail rut
It’s bound to happen. Viewed from a big pine tree. Wind and thermal perfect, in my face, overlooking an active licking branch scrape in a funnel above an impenetrable bedding area.
Halloween, was a

Planting trees this spring? Here’s how to up your odds of success in Wisconsin
There are somewhere around 11.5 billion live trees in Wisconsin. That number should stay robust if the DNR and private citizens continue a longstanding history of reforestation in the state.
Every spring, the Wisconsin

Ryan Rothstein: It’s back to the basics for last-call whitetails
It’s amazing to me how much gusto I used to have for deer hunting.
Come hell or high water (or blizzards), my high school and college self would run headlong into the ground during

Gretchen Steele: New Year’s resolutions that keep us coming back
By the time this column finds its way to your kitchen table or the console of your truck, the calendar will be close to rolling over once again.
The Christmas lights may have already
Danley new director of Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection has a new director.
Richard “Rod” Danley, who has worked for the Game Commission for more than 25 years, started in the role Sept. 27, overseeing

Details emerge for Minnesota ‘duck summit’ set for March 27-28
A collection of individuals and groups with concerns for the future of ducks and duck hunting in Minnesota continues to forge ahead with plans for a “duck summit,” now scheduled to occur at Nicollet Public

Christine Thomas: Skunked! Buckless in Wisconsin’s gun season
I took Major out to the little cabin this morning (Dec. 9) to pick up trail camera cards and so he could get a bit of exercise. I saw more turkeys in one trip around

Jeremiah Haas: 5:07 p.m. – for deer hunters, timing means everything
Specifically, 5:07 p.m. is a time I will not forget anytime soon. In the life of a deer hunter, timing is everything. For a hunter who pursues specific animals, time can be your greatest enemy.<br