
Patrick Durkin: Long hours in a treestand pays off on Idaho elk hunt
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

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.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (NRF) said the Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund has hit a new milestone: $3 million – an exciting win to celebrate on National

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department announced that a forester employed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources died after being struck by lightning on Monday, Sept. 22.
The victim has been identified as Adam

The Greenhead Hunting Club has closed its Greenhead boat launch on the east side of the state-managed part of Horicon Marsh in Dodge County, Wis.
A temporary launch has been established by the Department

Wisconsin’s wolf population is likely as high as it has ever been after roughly 300 breeding females gave birth this past spring, considering the state’s late-winter population estimate is now at 1,200 animals.
Wolf

As a young angler, I had a curiosity about why fish behave the way they do. I guess that is how one becomes a fish biologist. A fun part of this job is that I

Anglers following fish during fall transition time. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing and hunting report on Sept. 26, 2025.

The top-water bite for largemouth bass is great right now. Tim Lesmeister explains a couple of things you can do to up your odds of having a great day on the water.
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