Study Wisconsin DNR annual fall wildlife forecast before heading afield this fall
DNR has big game and small game forecasts available online and in booklet form.
DNR has big game and small game forecasts available online and in booklet form.
Squirrel season opens a month early in the state this year.
The southeast region led the way with a 163 percent increase, followed by the northeast region with a 115 percent increase and east central region with a 55 percent increase.
The agency releases the 2020 fall forecast series.
Time to get the county treasurers out of antlerless sales in Pennsylvania.
Being flexible and willing to quickly change tactics may put more resident geese in your bag.
Changes for 2020 include voluntary sampling in affected areas, a new management zone and new surveillance areas.
A total of 22 wildlife artists submitted 37 pieces of artwork for the 2021 Wisconsin wild turkey, pheasant, and waterfowl stamp design contests.
While this blogger is in favor of doing whatever it takes to slow or prevent the spread of CWD, banning the use of deer urine may be the least effective means.
Pulling sticktights, burdocks, beggar’s lice or sandbur plants before they go to seed.
The August 21 issue of New York Outdoor News has news story by Jane Anderson in which she reports on the amount of traffic and congestion at popular hiking trailheads. I took the accompanying photo with that article this past spring following a morning turkey hunt on some private land nearby in the Lake George region of the Adirondacks. After…
Excellent breeding conditions in the Dakotas and Manitoba helped produce an abundance of ducks, which should benefit hunters this season.
Wisconsin DNR cutting printing cost of hunting regs pamphlet in half with new booklet to debut late August.
To be hunting once again in Pennsylvania will lower stress of COVID-19.
After a torrid July in Pennsylvania, it’s time to prepare for fall hunting seasons.
With no permits available, no applications will be made available or accepted this year.
Is it me, or are there more woodchucks around than normal this year? It seems like I’m hearing quite a few people complain about ‘chucks attacking their gardens and I’m also seeing several along the side of the road; both dead and alive. I’ve got some woodchuck problems around my own homestead too. Fortunately, I live in the country where,…
Hunting seasons will be here before you know it
Evening rides through deer country show a high number of healthy-looking deer.
NRB strikes holiday hunt in two counties, reduces antlerless deer quotas in 11 northern counties.
Just shy of 28,000 Wisconsin residents entered the drawing for one of four once-in-a-lifetime elk tags. The winners are from the cities of Appleton, Junction City, Marengo and McFarland.
Weather conditions were optimal for almost every period of the 2020 turkey season.
Take the time to explain outdoor pursuits to voting adults when opportunities arise.
Successful deer hunters can now get ages from teeth data – and according to that data, oldest deer harvested last season were a pair of 17-year-old does. Oldest buck was 10 years old.
The thundering gobble echoed through the trees at 5:22 a.m. We had already been sitting in the woods for an hour and it was surprisingly comfortable. It was the middle of May and temperatures were in the 50’s with no pesky insects to speak of. I honestly did not know what to expect and had my trusty ThermaCell wafting up…
Instead returns to 10 permits, as in each of the previous two seasons.