Hunting
State Roundup: Does Wisconsin put enough emphasis on catching poachers?
Outdoor News recently ran a story from a Boone and Crockett Club research project that, at first cut, tells us as few as 4% to 5% of all fish and game poaching violations are discovered
New York hunters head afield as September means season openers
New York hunters are in “decision mode,” or soon will be as hunting seasons for big game and numerous small game species continue to open across the state.
In the Southern Zone, an early
Innovative way to display gobbler trophies by incorporating ‘turkey jewels’
After seeing several posts and photos of “turkey jewels” – which are the gizzard stones from harvested gobblers – I thought these were another item to add to the fan, beard and spurs. So I
Alliance promotes outdoors activities in Wisconsin’s Oconto County
A coalition of sportsmen’s groups in Oconto County, Wis., is working together toward a common goal of introducing kids to the outdoors in a county that provides plenty of opportunities to do just that.
Squirrel hunting is a stepping stone to outdoors
Squirrel season is here in Ohio and many other states, and frankly my son and I couldn’t be more excited.
Sadly, though, you don’t see many people getting excited over squirrel hunting anymore.
Wisconsin loses conservationists Carl Batha, Carol Murphy
Wisconsin lost two hard-working conservationists in August, as Carl Batha, 78, and Carol Murphy, 64, passed away.
Batha, of Platteville, retired from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a wildlife ecologist, and was
Story of students processing a bear on Cornell University campus goes viral
The story of two Cornell University students butchering a legally-harvested bear in their college dorm kitchen has gone viral, garnering national headlines.
Although the students names or exact location of the hunt were not
Illinois archers anticipating another good deer season; is a harvest record within reach?
Bow season opens on a Wednesday, making it fairly easy to predict a Day 1 harvest of 650 to 750 deer – give or take a hundred or so.
It’s a simple forecast to
Wisconsin’s fall duck, goose outlook again on bright side
Spring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about the 2025 season.
Based on the available data, the DNR is expecting
