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Tungsten ice fishing lures electrify the 2013-2014 angling marketplace
For multiple species, new ice jigging spoons, lures, and jigs in tungsten are set to dominate this winter’s ice fishing scene.

Safety, and not a filled tag, should be the priority
Too often with deer drives, hunters throw caution to the wind

New uses for old license holders in the deer woods
Author finds use for those antique safety pin tags

DNR pushing for early catch and release bass season in 2015
Early bass season would run from opening of walleye fishing until the regular Memorial Day weekend bass opener.

According to the Illinois DNR report, 1,220 deer died from EHD this year
DNR today released a report on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, which is being blamed for a deline in the state’s deer herd and, as a result, the 2013 deer harvest.

Take a read through Judge Barbara Crabb's ruling on Chippewa night shining of deer
Judge Crabb outlines her reasons for denying tribal request to shoot deer at night – she says night shining not a treaty right

18 DNR officers implicated in hunting on duty report
Inspector General issues report claiming officers hunted while on duty

Research showing brown trout stocking hurts wild brook trout seems trivial with shale gas onslaught
USGS study shows that while stocked brown trout can interfere with wild brookies, real threat is habitat degradation.

Wisconsin’s conservation hero, Herb Behnke, passes away at age 88
Behnke was Wisconsin’s longest serving Natural Resources Board member