Hunting
Make your venison taste better than ever
How you handle the meat is the key to having great tasting venison.
Season-ending tips: measuring your 2022 buck
Some organizations value symmetry while others like total inches of antler. Categories usually are separated into “typical” or “non-typical,” with symmetry between the two sides of the animal having value.
To freeze and refreeze: a wild-game dilemma
Sometimes a package of game meat would be thawed and not used, which I promptly put back into the freezer to use at a later date.
Tune up your e-scouting skills for better 2023 hunting success
Off-season scouting with the use of an app like onX Hunt, HuntWise, or others won’t allow you to score big game the day you’re scouting, but they can help you fill a tag when the
State wildlife agencies share how much they spend on CWD
Beyond the threat it poses to hunters and wildlife, chronic wasting disease represents a growing cost to state agencies, especially during hunting season. A new peer-reviewed report published in the November/December 2022 issue of The
A primer for Western plains deer hunting
How far the mule deer buck stood from the rifle muzzle was anybody’s guess, because holding my rangefinder steady in the 25-mph crosswind was impossible. Even if the buck was within range, I still couldn’t
‘Beast’ buck illegally killed near Menasha, Wisconsin
One person is facing three citations in connection with the alleged illegal shooting of a well-known white-tailed buck near a popular Fox Valley nature center.
Wisconsin hunter impales himself on buck antler
Kris Bjerke lay bleeding and immobile in a deep gully in southwestern Wisconsin on Nov. 23, a tourniquet throttling his left leg above the knee. Inches below, a bloody bandage compressed a puncture wound about
Commentary: Study sheds more light on possible source of CWD
Lack of data rarely prevents speculation. Some (mostly folks who want to minimize CWD effects or who distrust academics) suggest the disease is no big deal because “it’s always been around.”
