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Born to blend in: Springtime fawn encounters and some fun facts
It’s happening now in fields and forests near you.
Whitetail fawns, cute as can be, are being born. If you are lucky enough to find one a few days old or less, it will

Nicholas Miofsky earns Wisconsin’s Shikar-Safari Club International warden of the year award
Nicholas Miofsky, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation warden supervisor in Milwaukee, received the 2024 Shikar-Safari Club International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award.
DNR Chief Conservation Warden Casey Krueger presented the

Pursue varmint hunting with a twist … of the throttle
A two-wheeled journey on a gently winding paved road was nearing an end. Within a few miles, I’d be pushing the bars of a Kawasaki KLR650 to veer from asphalt onto a path less traveled.<br

Practical AR-15 accessories that impact how a rifle handles, performs
Rifles built on the AR-15 platform are not only the most popular rifles available today, they are also the most versatile and easiest to customize, with a wide array of accessories from their manufacturers and

Illinois turkey hunter joins elite company in accomplishing Super Slam
As he was telling the story of how he managed to accomplish one of hunting’s most impressive and impractical feats, Jack Robertson was quietly sweating out the task of helping a fellow hunter reach a

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Sandhill deer hunt applications due July 1
The DNR is taking online applications via the agency’s website through July 1 for the 2025 Sandhill Wildlife Area learn-to-hunt program for deer.

Wisconsin turkey plan to get a 10-year ‘facelift’
The return of wild turkeys to Wisconsin is one of the DNR’s most successful restoration programs and the plan for managing those thriving birds is about to be updated.
The DNR informed the Natural

New York’s 2024 whitetail harvest up from 2023 but still below five-year average
New York’s white-tailed deer harvest increased by 6.4% in 2024 compared to 2023, with hunters taking an estimated 223,304 whitetails last season compared to 209,781 in 2023. The take, however, is below the five-year average

Commentary: Proposed cuts to forestry program more than problematic
The Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition sharply condemns a proposal in the agriculture section of the budget reconciliation package that would slash more than $100 million from the Forest Legacy Program – one of