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Wisconsin State Roundup: Ban of frog, turtle races necessary? And efforts to ban some hunting contests
Apparently Mark Twain had absolutely no idea what kind of concerns and consternations he would create some folks in today’s society when he wrote his story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, in 1865.<br

New York Mixed Bag: DEC summer camps registration begins March 22
Online registration for The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 2026 Summer Camps program will open Sunday, March 22 at 1 p.m.

Dan Ladd: Thoughts on New York’s pilot junior hunting program
A month ago, we published in our Mixed Bag section that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had released the agency’s annual report to the legislature on youth deer hunting.

Tom Bahti: Remembering Wisconsin’s Mary Howley, Labrador breeder and trainer extraordinaire
Mary Candlewood Howley, of Madison, passed away Jan. 26 at the age of 85.
The terms icon, legend, giant, and such are used with some abandon to describe various individuals. Heck, I’ve been guilty

St. Paul trapper makes the most of midwinter on Mississippi backwaters
Rising water and thinning ice push a St. Paul trapper to make the most of midwinter on Mississippi backwaters

When turkeys break flocks, hunters better be ready
I studied a small flock of hen turkeys feeding across an eastern Ohio grassy field.
At any given time, at least one hen had its head up to scan the surrounding landscape. I assumed

Devil’s Lake State Park in Wisconsin adds 100 acres at $325k
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved the purchase of 100 acres for Devil’s Lake State Park and the Ice Age Trail at its Feb. 25 meeting “at a bargain sale price” of $325,000 from

Jack Ammerman: March is the time for coyote hunters to whimper, not scream
Michigan’s changes to its coyote hunting and trapping season just arrived earlier this month.
After being pressured to close the season to hunters and trappers by those who wanted to see the predators have

Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc., looking for new chapters
A Wisconsin group that wants to promote deer hunting and outdoors-related activities is looking for new members and new chapters.
Chuck Dallas, of Shawano, is president of the Wisconsin Deer Hunters, Inc., Board of