
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: Father, children hunting without deer licenses
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

“If you’re fishing anywhere in a public place, in water pretty much anywhere in the United States, Dingell-Johnson probably contributed to it,” said Rob Shane, public affairs manager for the American Sportfishing Association.
“It is

Wisconsin’s Teri Jo Fendler may not be a bear-hunting expert, but she’s well aware that the Burnett County black bear she shot Sept. 14 is a once-in-a-lifetime trophy.
Fendler made the four-hour trip from

With waterfowl hunting seasons underway, the Wisconsin DNR reminds hunters to boat and hunt safely this fall. Listen here for details.

So, just when did the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) printed 2025 hunting regulations pamphlets reach the hunting public?
That was a question that Jamie Cleaver, a Wisconsin Outdoor News reader in West

The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA) has a new executive director in the form of Brad Heidel.
WWA’s retiring executive director, Bruce Ross, and board of director president, Bruce Urben, made the announcement last week.

What do you say to convince yourself to stick with a treestand where you haven’t seen an elk after 11 hunts totaling 50 hours the past 5½ days?
Based on 55 years of bowhunting

Fishing hasn’t been the normal September chow-down we’re used to seeing. So here’s what we are seeing.
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