Opinions
Early hunting seasons highlighted by Northern Zone bear offering
All things considered, it’s shaping up to be a potentially good year for bear hunters.
Reading Wisconsin deer registration online
The DNR will be doing weekly updates throughout the archery season.
Take advantage of DNR’s annual fall hunting forecast
Multi-species report gives Badger State hunters and trappers a general flavor of what they might expect this fall.
Hunter participation numbers continue to drop – and it’s a sorry situation
Preliminary numbers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey indicate a five-year national drop-off of over 2 million hunters.
Waterfowl hunting time: scouting small-water ducks
Break out the binoculars and find the waterholes that wood ducks and blue-winged teal prefer during the early waterfowl season.
Treestand prep: Don’t be a naked chicken
Personally, I prefer doing only minor trimming at this point, enough to afford a small window or two, during the early part of deer season.
Make the effort to get your deer CWD-tested this fall
Some businesses offer hunters processing, testing, and taxidermy.
The oldies may be ‘the goodies’ this fall
The 2017 mast crop appears to be much stronger than that of last year – and will draw wildlife to nut-bearing trees.
Minnesota’s Bob Hautman wins his third federal duck stamp contest
UW-Stevens Point’s College of Natural Resource hosts Wisconsin’s first visit by the federal duck stamp contest.
