Opinions
April (SNOW) Showers Brings Early Season Trollers
Wow, what a whirlwind of weather Wisconsin has been having this month. Some would call it crazy, and that’s a lot to be said for Wisconsin weather. Here at the Top of Wisconsin, things started
A cold, dead turkey beats a warm bed any day!
At 3 a.m. Sunday my alarm went off and I pondered for a few minutes. Why in tarnation am I getting out of my warm bed to sit in the bitterly cold wind? After a
Maybe Deer Hunters can Learn from Turkey Hunters
Let’s compare and contrast turkey hunters and deer hunters. Why do the attitudes appear to be different, even though most turkey hunters are also deer hunters at another time of the year? There are concerns
Opening Day Turkey Count
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio hunters harvested a preliminary total of 2,646 bearded wild turkeys on the first day of the spring turkey-hunting season, which is open statewide through May 15, according to the Ohio Department
Update: Turkey harvest numbers down statewide
Turkey hunters in Illinois’ south zone wrapped up their second week-long season April 14 with a total harvest of 1,520 birds, bringing the harvest after two seasons to 3043. That is behind last year’s two-season
Deer Creek adds “bark” park, beach
Mt. Sterling, Ohio – Deer Creek State Park in Pickaway County recently became the sixth state park to add an exercise area and associated swim beach exclusively for canines. Dog owners may allow their pets
Spring arrives, Niagara style, with a boom!
The sun was out but there was a distinct chill in the air. On the Niagara frontier, things can change overnight quite literally thanks to a manmade anomaly known as the ice boom. This controversial
A trip to the city
Every once in a while – I try to make it down every month – I head down the road to Albany for the Conservation Fund Advisory Board’s monthly meeting. It’s really not a bad
Time to climb into the political fray
I believe the biggest downer from today’s political fights is their impact on our attitudes. It is difficult these days to be positive about things, even outdoors events, decisions and goals. Many of us go
