Opinions
Talking turkey with NWTF Hall-of-Famer Chris Kirby
I recently had the pleasure of talking (turkey) with Chris Kirby of Springville, N.Y., just a few days after he received a prestigious honor. Kirby was named to the Grand National Calling Championships Hall of
Patrick Durkin: Wisconsinites invest time, labor in fish, wildlife areas
Whether you fish, hunt, hike or birdwatch on one of Wisconsin’s 200-plus fish and wildlife areas, you’ll benefit even more if you “adopt” and work on that prized land with help from the Department of
Commentary: Contact Wisconsin senators to move hunter safety in-person training bill forward
In January, the Wisconsin State Assembly unanimously passed AB-270, a bill that would require those students ages 17 and younger to take an in-person, hands-on Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hunter safety course and exam
Tom Venesky: Wild browns no reason to scorn stocked trout in Pennsylvania
As popular as they are, stocked trout receive plenty of scorn.
The debate over stocked trout usually picks up around now, just as the white Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission trucks are starting to
Mike Schoonveld: A win for boat dealers; a caution for boat buyers
Would you buy a car from a dealership called Honest Al’s Autos? Perhaps, but you’d probably believe Honest Al about as much as you’d believe a fortune teller at a carnival.
It’s bad enough
Mike Raykovicz: Last call ice bait for panfish
With this warm winter weather, most lakes remain unfrozen or have only a thin skim of ice, which means ice fishing has been put on hold for most of us.
For years my neighbor
State Roundup: Looking for the 96- and 102-year-old deer hunters from Wisconsin
Our veteran outdoors reporter, Tim Eisele, passed along a bit of interesting information that he picked up from the DNR deer season report delivered at the Feb. 28 Natural Resources Board meeting.
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Michigan groups seek answers to deer management issues
Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife officials are not throwing up their hands and surrendering to the problems associated with deer management in Michigan; rather, they’re embarking on a new quest to get to the
Ben Moyer: Book from 1968 still timely as politicians try to exert influence over wildlife management
Serendipitous. There’s a word you don’t get to wield every day. It describes the fortunate, but accidental, discovery of something useful or interesting.
A serendipitous discovery happened here as I scanned my bookshelves for
