Hunting
Let’s make this hunting season as safe as can be
Also previously noted in this space is how we receive photos of successful big game rifle hunters who are not wearing hunter orange or pink, including youth hunters. In many cases, it can be assumed
HBuild better housing for bat, birds to control pests and insects
If so, now is a good time to start. Cooler weather and shorter days allow more time in your workshop to build nesting boxes for airborne hunters. And when winter ends, you can deploy your
‘Cherish outdoors’ funding habitat work in 5 Wisconsin counties
A habitat project at the Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area in Florence County is one of five projects to receive funding this year through the Cherish the Wisconsin Outdoors Fund. Projects are also being
CWD Discovered in Captive Red Deer at Herkimer County Facility
At press time, the incident was still considered isolated. While not detected in wild deer in the area, state officials are taking measures to test local wild deer herds for the debilitat ing disease that
Research on deer antlers yields notes on growth
However, measurements of the pedicles of the antlers in the study did show generally that the bucks had less testosterone during peak rut times and incomplete antler growth likely due to the extreme conditions.
Illinois Shooting Complex a ‘Grand’ host for 2024 championship
Is the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in southern Illinois living up to its potential? DNR announced in late October that this year’s American Trapshooting Association’s Grand American “had one of its most successful years”
Varmint Hunting & Factory Loads vs. Hand Loads
The decade following World War II ushered in the golden age of handloading centerfire rifle cartridges, as bullets from Speer, Sierra, Nosler, Hornady and other new companies became available. Reloading presses, dies, and other tools
Research sheds new light on coyote survival
DNR Research Scientist Dan Storm explained that researchers put GPS collars on 68 adult coyotes (35 males and 33 females) captured between October 2016 and January 2019 and then investigated collars that were transmitting a
My Best Duck Hunts… and One that Might be the Worst
Even before I’d stashed my canoe, ducks started returning en masse. The only blemish on an otherwise amazing hunt was that they were landing a little far out, and my shooting suffered for it. I
