Hunting
Newly assigned Wisconsin wardens have to learn work area
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Warden Nick Al-Moghrabi took an assignment in Bayfield County in July and has been learning his new work area ever since. He’s been driving a lot, checking to
Where will the latest trail take us in Wisconsin’s deer management?
Look, we’ve never been able to fully agree on deer management strategies in this state so I’m not expecting even one person, with perhaps the exception of our 5-year-old granddaughter,…
Kill order for New Mexico feral cows issued by U.S. officials
A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico this week, searching for feral cows to kill.
U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan
Wisconsin DNR losing game wardens to better paying jobs
They say those who enjoy their job will never work a day in their life. That was the case when I was hired as a Wisconsin conservation warden in 1974. With four-digit numbers of applicants
Outdoor Steward: 5 top implements for managing your property
Tools for food-plot building and other hobby farm chores.
Illinois’ ratio of archery hunters tops in the country
Illinois deer hunters rank No. 1 nationally in at least one category: percentage who use archery equipment. According to the National Deer Association’s 2023 Deer Report, 74% of deer hunters in our state hunt with
Ducks Unlimited, Pa. Game Commission partner to restore aquatic habitat in state game lands
The project, called the Pennsylvania Wetland Habitat Initiative, is a $6 million investment that aims to replace water-control structures and improve existing spillways and levees over the next three years at sites in 31 counties
Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest numbers presented to Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin’s 2022 deer harvest was up at least 8.8% from 2021, according to preliminary numbers released in mid-February by the Department of Natural Resources.
Jeff Pritzl, DNR deer program specialist, told the Natural Resources
Wisconsin could switch to ‘numbered’ deer units
Wisconsin hunters may soon see a switch from managing deer by county units with no population goals to using numbered units bounded by areas of similar habitat that would have population goals. That’s the same
