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Brad Heidel excited to ‘do great things for ducks and duck hunters’ as he takes reins of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association
Brad Heidel, the new executive director of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), is excited to carry on the momentum retired WWA Executive Director Bruce Ross brought to the group during his seven-year tenure.
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Jeffrey Frischkorn: Outdoor memories may get foggy, but they never fully fade
The older we get, the more cluttered our mind’s memory box becomes. That trophy buck you shot five years ago was actually taken 10 years ago. And the photo of the six anglers standing along

Video: Adjustments lead to an early-October doe in Minnesota
Early October is a great time during the archery season to take a doe where antlerless opportunities are available. That’s what Eric Morken set out to do over the course of two evening hunts recently.<br

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Natural Resources Board to meet Oct. 22
The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Madison. The public may attend or watch the meeting on the DNR’s YouTube channel.

What can Wisconsin deer hunters expect in the 2025 season? Here’s a look at each region
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season will run Nov. 22-30.
Before heading into the woods, hunters should know key regulatory changes and boundary adjustments. Unit maps have changed, tag allotments have been adjusted and mild

Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 10, 2025
After late heat wave, anglers welcome cooler temps. A look at the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report on Oct. 10, 2025.

To err is human, but avoiding these mistakes will bag you more pheasants
Opening day of pheasant hunting’s celebratory mood turned as dark as an Edgar Allan Poe poem not long after the season’s first shot shells were chambered. Cinematically, it had the aura of a pheasant-hunting horror

Bob Gwizdz: Abundant beavers creating management dilemmas in Michigan
Beavers are making a comeback in Michigan. Once extirpated from the southern Lower Peninsula, the toothy critters are showing up in places such as Ann Arbor and even the Detroit River.
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Minnesota elk hunter overcomes hectic moment with a bad shell to take 6×6 bull
A few hours after the elk season opened for two Minnesota hunters on Saturday, Sept. 13, Jayme Fisher, of Ranier, pulled the trigger with a bull in his sights, about 35 yards away.
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