
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Try living in wolf country first before passing judgment
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 4, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 4, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

One can’t help but smirk each autumn when the DNR issues its reminders and suggestions to hunters preparing for Wisconsin’s deer seasons.
A DNR press release on Sept. 12 advised: “Help Maintain a Healthy

The Wisconsin DNR announced the winners of the 2025 wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests. Here are the details.

Huge changes took place in Wisconsin’s deer management strategy in 2010. Those changes continue to degrade deer hunting across Wisconsin, but particularly in northern Wisconsin.
The payment to Dr. James Kroll by the Scott

I met Tom Coulthurst not long after moving to Wisconsin’s Minocqua/Woodruff area in June 1986 to work as a reporter at The Lakeland Times. It was summer. Probably 1986 or 1987.
I went to

As of Sept. 20, Wisconsin’s black bear harvest totals stood at 91% of this year’s harvest goal with 3,527 animals registered across the six bear zones. The 2024 harvest goal was set at 3,850 bears.

Weather and climate, which are different, play a big role in the life of field biologists. Weather, including the temperature, wind, and rain chances, etc., might dictate if we are able to get in the

Divers from the Scuba Center out of Minneapolis partnered with Lake Owen Resort in Cable to clean up underwater debris from one of the regions premier lakes as part of the Lake Owen Fun Dive

Robert Leum, of Holmen, doubled up on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 2025 wildlife stamp contest designs when he took first place in this year’s turkey and pheasant contests.
Jon Rickaby, of Suamico,
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