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State Roundup: Wisconsin DNR looking for bear dens
“These estimates will improve the accuracy of the population models used in each zone,” Price Tack said. “Additionally, researchers are investigating a connection between consumption of human food sources and bear reproduction since diet can

Commentary: My (too) modern bait shop experience
In one area, near the minnow tanks, was the fresh smell of highly aerated water. Along another wall was the dry, slightly acrid smell of the cricket enclosure. And, still another area, where the refrigerators

De-baiting the issue of baiting
Not long after I had settled into the treestand assigned to me, three deer came into range. The doe, large for that area, and her two fawns fed on the corn kernels that had been

Commentary: Unlocking America’s ‘landlocked’ public lands
Across 20 U.S. states, there are 16.4 million acres of public land that are effectively off-limits to the public. In Minnesota and Wisconsin alone, there are more than 300,000 inaccessible public acres, meaning there isn’t

Commentary: For Minnesota deer hunters, safe hunts are successful hunts
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been planning for this weekend’s Minnesota firearms deer opener since the day last year’s season ended. I’ve pondered my equipment, where I’ll place my stand and my kids’ stands,

Ben Moyer: Magazine ad a public lands wake-up for Pennsylvania
An ad in a current outdoor magazine points out what Pennsylvanians’ future access to public land for hunting and fishing could lose if politicians who have stated we have too much state game land acreage

Bob Gwizdz: Can we improve pheasant hunting in Michigan?
For the past 20 years or so, I’ve been opening Michigan’s pheasant season in the Thumb at my buddy Tom Lounsbury’s property.
It’s usually a large handful of guys (and occasional gals), many with ties

Outdoor Insights: Participate in “gut pile” study this Minnesota deer hunting season
Good luck to firearms deer hunters starting this season, and reminder that it’s not too late to participate in the ongoing “gut pile” study. I checked in with Ellen Candler last week regarding the status

Steve Pollick: Ohio DNR’s ups and downs in first 75 years
The “DNR.” To many hunters, anglers, and other outdoors folks in many states, Ohio included, that is shorthand for The Law.
But that is a pretty narrow, sometimes even adversarial, view. It is one