Hunting
Racine County deputy faces four felonies stemming from mentor turkey hunt in Wisconsin
A 35-year-old Racine County Sheriff’s Department deputy faces four felony charges after letting his 3-year-old daughter trigger a shot that wounded a 40-year-old turkey-hunting mentor and the man’s 7-year-old son April 12 during Wisconsin’s two-day
Storyteller for the ages, Donald Bluhm, spins his final outdoors tale
Editor’s note: Six or seven years ago, I asked our more senior writers to pencil up something about their lives for me so that when the day came, heaven forbid, we could publish their last
Dean Bortz: Which way will Wisconsin DNR lean on wolf loss payments?
Anyone in Wisconsin who hunts with a dog, who owns dogs and lives in “wolf country,” or who raise any kind of livestock within sniffing range of a wolf pack just might want to pay
Minnesota’s offal wildlife project returns for year nine with some new initiatives
The Offal Wildlife Watching Project will return for its ninth year, adding small mammal trapping, disease testing, and a hunter survey.
Grace Milanowski, Offal Wildlife Watching Project coordinator at the University of Minnesota-Extension, said
Three weather conditions bowhunters can use to get more aggressive
I recently wrote a bowhunting column where I encouraged hunters to simplify their approach and focus on a few basics about whitetails.
One of my suggestions was to get into the woods any chance you
Wisconsin’s DeerFest finds a home in Stevens Point
Wisconsin’s gun-deer season is still more than two months down the road on Nov. 21, but the state’s bowhunting opener arrives Sept. 12.
That makes the middle of August the perfect time to run
Hunting these ignored birds could extend a hunting day
In many states, American sportsmen can pursue abundant game with little or no competition by targeting species largely ignored by others. Many hunters probably can’t even identify these game birds or know they can hunt
Commentary: Ease Wisconsin DNR budget crisis by raising license fees on nonresidents
Recently the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported that there is a $16.5 million structural deficit in the Fish and Wildlife Account. It’s been reported that programs vital to hunters, trappers, and fishermen will
Illinois teal hunters to get early start on new duck season
Last season’s numbers are still pending, but Illinois waterfowl hunters head into the 2026 early teal season with confidence following a breakout performance two years ago.
A sharp increase in the state’s teal harvest
