Opinions
Commentary: Legislation seeks to keep public lands public in Minnesota
Recent legislative proposals to transfer ownership of public state forest lands in northern Minnesota to tribal governments have raised significant concerns among affected communities.
Just last year, two bills – HF 4780/SF 5080 and
Patrick Durkin: CWD is sinking deer herds in disease areas
If you’re seeing too few deer in southwestern Wisconsin for your hunting or viewing pleasure, it’s time to accept the obvious reason: The culprit is chronic wasting disease (CWD), the always fatal prion disease that
Commentary: Make the turkey Wisconsin’s official state game bird
I am proposing to designate the wild turkey as Wisconsin’s official state game bird because of its deep-rooted history, widespread presence, and special place in Wisconsin’s outdoor traditions.
The turkey is the ideal candidate
Mike Raykovicz: Looking into the push to kill barred owls to protect spotted owls in Oregon
As a turkey hunter, I never get tired of hearing the early morning hoot of a barred owl. It’s even more fun when two or more of them hoot to each other. The “who– who–who-cooks-for-you”
Wisconsin State Roundup: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany will attempt again to get timber wolves delisted
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) will make another run at removing timber wolves from the federal Endangered Species List beginning this week. That’s the word coming in off the street as of Wednesday, Jan. 29.<br
Ben Moyer: Will winter-kill of whitetails return to Pennsylvania this year?
The complexity of managing white-tailed deer in today’s world has become apparent to all stakeholders. But deer management may be about to become even more complicated because of the possible reemergence of a variable we
Outdoor Insights: A special muskie regulation on Minnesota’s Leech Lake?
Leech Lake and its muskies have become ground zero in debate about forward-facing sonar and whether new regulations could protect big fish later into summer.
A document – “Minnesota’s Muskie Dilemma” – reached my
Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania readers not fans of recent story that ran
When we needed a filler story last issue, I chose the piece about “Buzzard man” in Ohio, who has killed 12,000 groundhogs, even though the story made me feel a bit uncomfortable. (I find it
Steve Pollick: Baiting issue for deer a hot topic right now in Ohio
That “baiting thing” in Ohio deer hunting has resurfaced as hot-stove league fare this post-season, and it prompts sharing some perspectives from the past 70-odd years of my association with the noble and ancient pursuit.<br
