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Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Contest open for Wisconsin County Forest Association vehicle license plate design
The Wisconsin County Forests Association is seeking interested artists to design a new special license plate through a competitive design contest. After selection, the winning design will appear on license plates made available to Wisconsin

No Pennsylvania hunting season draws a crowd like the traditional gun season for deer
Because archery hunting season remains open in the area where I live, I’ve hunted a couple of days in this extra length of opportunity to harvest a whitetail.
As the rut has generally

The story of one Pennsylvania hunter demonstrates how tick bites can be a ticking time bomb
Tony Hudak has traveled across North America hunting wild turkeys, and it’s rare that a gobbler sends him home with an unfilled tag.
The resident of Luzerne County, Pa., is one of a handful

Kirk Schnitker: Minnesota agencies – MDH, MPCA, MDA – are failing citizens
During the past year, the Minnesota DNR has gotten clobbered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to follow federal law in managing certain forest properties for wildlife and for not properly documenting

CWD-positive test results jump from three to 20 in Minnesota
The Minnesota DNR released new sampling test results on Wednesday, Nov. 22, for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. The number of confirmed 2023 CWD-positive samples jumped from three to 20 in one day.

Should hunters be required to shoot a doe to get a second buck tag in Michigan?
If you read Michigan Outdoor News regularly, you no doubt noticed the piece by Department of Natural Resources’ Deer Specialist Chad Stewart about the state’s seemingly out-of-control deer population. It could be summed up simply

Dan Surra saw value in a Pennsylvania elk herd, played role in creation of PA Wilds
When Dan Surra looks back on his career in state government, he’s proudest of having helped to cultivate Pennsylvania’s iconic elk tourism industry.
“Elk were all anybody wanted to talk to me about when

Wisconsin’s Northern Forest whitetail kill down 27% on opener, statewide harvest down 16%
The Wisconsin DNR’s pre-season predictions for a lower deer kill over the gun season’s opening weekend harvest proved to be accurate.
“We expected to see a lower harvest than last year after reviewing the

Wisconsin’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 22, 2023
No ice yet, but forecast holds promise of hard water. A look at the fishing and hunting report from across Wisconsin on Nov. 22, 2023.