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Cold and deep snow make for a tough Wisconsin rabbit hunt
On a frigid Sunday, while the Green Bay Packers licked their wounds as they jetted home from rainy California, a dozen hunters gathered in Fond du Lac County, Wis., for an adventure that turned out

Glenn Sapir: The use of a shooting stick pays off this past deer season
Every season, whether it is when fishing for bass in open water, fishing through the ice, hunting for deer or turkey, I learn something that makes me better at what I do.
What have

Tips and tricks for mastering forward-facing sonar
Forward-facing sonar (FFS) can be a polarizing topic among anglers. Anglers who have embraced the new technology love it. Those who haven’t fear its potential negative effects on fish numbers.
In case you haven’t

Ryan Rothstein: Take advantage of the many things a typical winter wouldn’t allow in the deer woods
If you’re the type that happens to enjoy winter, you’ll have to forgive me.
Whether your sled has been parked in the shed all winter or if your ice-fishing season has been a complete

Looking for a winter adventure? Follow these ice camping tips and tricks
These days, come a typical winter, the ice is dotted with an ever-increasing number of RV-style wheelhouses that may be more comfortable than your own living room. But a growing contingent of ice anglers is

Tom Bahti: New deer stand taking shape to replace original from 1994
Back in the fall of 2022, I described how my daughter Deanne’s deer hunting stand had finally given up the ghost.

A Minnesota veteran’s return to hunting results in a dream season
Chad Sheridan’s childhood during the 1980s and ’90s was like that of many rural kids in Minnesota’s southeastern Driftless Area: chasing squirrels, deer, and waterfowl along with family and friends near their home in Cannon

Christine Thomas: Wild women … and wild game cooking
“Would you be a special guest chef and demo your turkey piccata recipe at our cooking class at the Food+Farm Exploration Center in Plover in January?

James Lindner: Understand the weed factor for icing crappies
Throughout the winter, crappies are among the most popular targets of ice anglers. Most experienced hard-water fishermen are no stranger to the all-too-familiar basin crappie bite. It’s a relatively simple pattern: Crappies dump into soft-bottom