Spring turkey harvest second-lowest in last 10 years
Associated Press
June 20, 2018
Preliminary data on the state DNR website shows hunters killed 38,886 wild turkeys, about 4,500 fewer than last year.
Wisconsin DNR
What’s happening to ruffed grouse in the Upper Great Lakes states?
Tim Eisele
June 20, 2018
A number of factors could be impacting grouse numbers, but West Nile virus is being eyed as the biggest culprit.
With four ‘mystery’ hunters picked, Wisconsin closes in on first managed elk hunt
Site Staff
June 15, 2018
Four chosen in random drawing – they weren’t named to protect their privacy – and fifth license to be awarded through raffle.
Wisconsin Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – June 15, 2018
Site Staff
June 14, 2018
District 12 — Green Bay area and Northeast Operations Marine Unit Warden Chris Kratcha, of Sturgeon Bay, investigated a complaint from Potawatomi State Park staff members about a person climbing the closed viewing tower at
Report: Wisconsin wolf population may be stabilizing
Site Staff
June 11, 2018
Volunteer trackers reported between 900 and 950 wolf sightings this winter, a slight decline compared to the numbers from the previous year.
Wisconsin Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – June 1, 2018
Site Staff
May 31, 2018
District 1 — Ashland area Warden Lynna Gurnoe, of Bayfield, responded to a request for assistance in April from the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Department for a bald eagle that had been hit by a car.
Catch-and-release only for Anvil Lake walleyes
Wisconsin DNR Reports
May 29, 2018
The DNR is taking the action after learning that Lac du Flambeau tribal members exceeded their permitted harvest of walleye from the lake.
Who is ‘the decider’ on the Wisconsin deer management landscape?
Tim Eisele
May 29, 2018
CDACs, DNR, Natural Resources Board, and individual hunters tugging on antlerless deer quota recommendations.
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin to collaborate on West Nile virus monitoring in ruffed grouse
Staff and News Reports
May 21, 2018
The three states are in the early stages of planning to test samples from grouse this fall, but at this point there is no evidence that the virus is having a population-level impact in the
