
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Time to get live sonar, underwater cameras out of modern day sturgeon spearing
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 7, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 7, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported on the 2024 deer hunting season – showing that the overall harvest was up 7% over 2023 – to the Natural Resources Board (NRB) Feb. 26.

Wisconsin deer hunters who have been begging and pleading for the DNR and Natural Resources Board (NRB) to dump the Dr. James Kroll county deer unit system and go back to habitat-based numbered units like

The Wisconsin DNR is accepting artwork entries for the 2026 wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp contests. Here’s what to know.

I was more than a little surprised by the number of readers who called or emailed to ask how Rick Sievert, of Rhinelander, could shoot two Oneida County bucks with an air rifle during the

A yellow Lab mixed breed dog that lost its life to a wolf or wolves on Feb. 2 stands as one of three verified wolf/”house” dog incidents so far in 2025 from Wisconsin.
That

The Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season closed after running the full length of the season with some space left on the harvest caps.
On the last day, Lake Winnebago gave up seven juvenile females,
The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, of Hayward, has received $25,000 from the Outdoor Journalist Education Foundation to conduct an annual writing contest for kids ages 12 through 15, according to Emmett Brown,

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the application period for the 2025 elk hunt opens March 1 and continues through May 31. This year, there will be increased opportunity within the
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