WI Daily Update: A great scouting tool for turkeys
Outdoor News
April 24, 2026
There is a particular style of trail camera that is a great scouting tool for turkeys. Tim Lesmeister explains.
Wisconsin
WI Daily Update: Great walleye fishing on the Mississippi River
Outdoor News
April 23, 2026
Tim Lesmeister says the fishing on Minnesota/Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi River has reached a boiling point. Lesmeister explains how to take advantage of this time period for walleyes.
WI Daily Update: Become a safety education instructor
Outdoor News
April 22, 2026
The Wisconsin DNR is seeking safety education instructors. Listen here for ways you can help as an instructor in many different areas.
WI Daily Update: Land acquired to expand Devil’s Lake State Park
Outdoor News
April 21, 2026
A new land acquisition will expand Wisconsin’s most-visited state park. Listen here for details.
WI Daily Update: Your chance to become a DNR warden
Outdoor News
April 20, 2026
The Wisconsin DNR is recruiting potential wardens for its 2027 class, and the application period opens on April 30. Listen here for details.
Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Man pulled from Menomonee River Feb. 28
Jerry Davis
April 19, 2026
The diversity of tasks and responsibilities fielded by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wardens, often in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are huge in large Wisconsin cities.
Adam Strehlow, Erik Anderson, and Logan
Christine Thomas: Wildlife women catch bonnethead sharks in Georgia
Christine Thomas
April 18, 2026
Readers learned in the last issue that my Ducks Unlimited Conservation Programs Committee met at Jekyll Island, Georgia, for a field trip. When the meetings and the field trip were over, some of us stayed
Dean Bortz: Why, or when, do our Wisconsin deer hunters squeeze the trigger?
Dean Bortz
April 17, 2026
UW-Madison graduate Meghan Henry conducted a survey on how hunters make a decision on when to take a good shot opportunity at a buck during the Wisconsin gun deer season in 2022 and 2023. Much
WI Daily Update: A bass technique to catch deeper crappies after ice out
Outdoor News
April 17, 2026
Crappies are staging in deeper waters near areas where they will eventually move up into the shallows. Tim Lesmeister explains how he uses a bass technique to catch these deeper crappies.
