Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Trophy 10-pointer killed with crossbow in Clark County
Staff Report
February 21, 2023
Reports from Wisconsin DNR game wardens from around the state.
Waterfowl
Wisconsin DNR losing game wardens to better paying jobs
Dave Zeug
February 21, 2023
They say those who enjoy their job will never work a day in their life. That was the case when I was hired as a Wisconsin conservation warden in 1974. With four-digit numbers of applicants
Ducks Unlimited, Pa. Game Commission partner to restore aquatic habitat in state game lands
Staff Report
February 18, 2023
The project, called the Pennsylvania Wetland Habitat Initiative, is a $6 million investment that aims to replace water-control structures and improve existing spillways and levees over the next three years at sites in 31 counties
Report from the Dakotas: Winter stress continues to build for wildlife
John Pollmann
February 16, 2023
A jury trial date has also been set for a North Dakota man charged in connection with a waterfowl-hunting incident caught on camera last fall.
Is wildlife behavior instinctive or adaptive?
Russ Mason
February 15, 2023
Conrad Lorenz, the original animal behaviorist, described instincts as “fixed action patterns” and proposed a more extensive definition.
Step-by-step instructions for building your own wood duck houses
Staff Report
February 15, 2023
Editor’s Note: The Wood Duck Society and the staff at Outdoor News agree that mounting wood duck houses on trees creates an unnecessary predation hazard for the birds.
A look at the history of readhead ducks after thousands flock to Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac
Tom Pink
February 10, 2023
I was heartened to see at least one duck hunter on social media encourage bird watchers to buy federal waterfowl stamps to ensure that redheads and other waterfowl continue to thrive.
PF/QF and partners deliver webinar highlighting growing participation trends of women in hunting
Staff Report
February 7, 2023
The event, “R3 What Women Want” webinar, designed to share and grow participation trends for women in hunting, sport shooting, and archery, hosted more than 400 attendees from 51 states and various countries.
Southern Minnesota lake deemed a “dead sea” may get a re-boot
Tori McCormick
February 1, 2023
The Minnesota DNR likely will decide at some point in March whether to move forward with a plan to restore Boot Lake in Jackson County, a shallow lake that some call a “dead sea” for
