Hunting
Wisconsin’s initial ’26 spring turkey kill 8.6% over 5-year average
Turkey hunters registered 47,704 Badger State birds during the 2026 spring season, which ended May 26.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released preliminary harvest numbers that will likely increase once all data is
Brent Manning Memorial Scholarship honors the legacy of former Illinois DNR director
One of the most respected and productive Illinois DNR directors in the agency’s history will be remembered by a scholarship established in his name.
The Illinois Conservation Foundation, another piece of Brent Manning’s legacy,
What farmers taught me about growing better wildlife food plots
The drone of my subcompact tractor echoed up and down the river valley as I dropped my rotary tiller to the ground and began to cultivate the wildlife food plot that has been a labor
Remembering Wisconsin DNR biologists Ed Frank and Doris Rusch
A large part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s knowledge base is stored in the memories of its retired employees, and part of that memory base was lost recently with the passing of Ed
From ages 8 to 80, volunteers team up to improve public-land hunting access in northeast Minnesota
From June 12 to 14, the Minnesota Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers hosted a campout and stewardship event in northern Minnesota. The group stayed at the South Kawishiwi River campground and on Saturday, June
More than a dozen sites in Illinois will host waterfowlers for public blind drawings this July
After a handful of years with adjusted or relocated sessions, the Illinois public waterfowl blind drawings will generally go back to normal in 2026.
DNR just released its annual schedule, which includes more than
Sandhill learn-to-hunt deer hunt applications due July 1
Anyone age 12 and older interested in learning to hunt deer may apply by July 1 for the annual Sandhill Wildlife Area’s learn-to-hunt workshop.
Those drawn for the workshop will then be eligible for
Wisconsin Mixed Bag: DNR accepting shooting range applications through Aug. 15
The Wisconsin DNR is accepting applications for the Shooting Range Grant Program through Aug. 15.
The program provides financial assistance for safe firearm or archery shooting opportunities. Managers of public or private ranges or
Preparing your own ammunition deepens connection to hunting
More often than not, handloading ammunition begins as a procedure to save money and improve accuracy, but somewhere along the way, the process becomes something deeper.
Brass cases are lined up on the bench
