Opinions
Fall fishing tips – techniques to catch suspended autumn crappie
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
Trail cam sighting stirs up memories of regal bucks of yesteryear
Author getting tuned up for Saturday’s bow opener in Ohio.
Forest expert – Expect foliage display to be late, muted
In Pennsylvania and across the Northeast and Great Lakes region, warm, soggy conditions to prevail.
Judge’s Yellowstone grizzly ruling is troubling
States need to be allowed to manage burgeoning bear populations.
Wisconsin’s NRB shortens Zone A ruffed grouse season, but adopts Dec. 31 instead of expected Nov. 30 closure
Conservation groups, sportsmen convince NRB members that there is no scientific information available to support Nov. 30 closure.
Putting the kibosh on deer carcass, game farm fencing rules
Early comments hint that JCRAR members might do just that when Wisconsin Legislature reviews new CWD rules during Oct. 1 hearing. And if they kill the CWD rules, short-term politics will again trump long-term science.
Take part in Wisconsin DNR’s CWD testing – it helps us twice over
Testing also helps the DNR track the spread of CWD.
Early archery season worth a shot, weather or not
Bowhunters, myself included, can be a fickle bunch. Take New York state archery hunters, for instance. For years we lobbied hard for an earlier opening to the archery deer season, and DEC finally bumped it
Simple tips can help you avoid the consequences of an encounter with poison ivy
Seated in the waiting room at the local urgent care center isn’t where I’d planned to be, yet there I was, waiting patiently and scratching wildly at my throat, upper chest, and a couple spots
