
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Spomer is right, dry firing pays off but protect the firing pin
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Boaters on Big Green Lake in Wisconsin may have been puzzled, maybe even startled, this past summer to see a barge loaded with a 50-foot tree traveling on the lake.
Then the tree was

High school students in Wisconsin can submit entries into the 2026 state park and forest 12-month vehicle admission pass contest. Here are the details.

Bitter January wind swirling snowflakes on a dark Sunday morning did not keep 35 souls gathered at Spooner Elementary School from braving the cold to see a bald eagle set free.
“This is amazing,”

It looks like fall Wisconsin turkey hunters registered a preliminary number of 4,482 turkeys as of Jan. 2, according to the DNR’s web site.
That number might increase ever so slightly since the season

The Natural Resources Board (NRB) will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in public meeting room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 South Webster Street, Madison, when board members are expected to

If the success of Wisconsin’s annual Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season depends on the strength of a “three-legged stool” that supports the season, then the 2025 rendition should have at least two strong corners

The Wisconsin DNR’s Randy Johnson will ask Natural Resources Board (NRB) members to approve an increase in the black bear harvest quota and kill tag levels for the 2025 season when the board meets Wednesday,

Most lake areas seeing best ice travel in many years. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report from across the state on Jan. 17, 2025.
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