Tips & Features
Ron Schara: Looking back on early outdoor experiences… some a bit blurry, others still very vivid
Some moments afield never fade. First pheasant, perhaps. First deer, maybe. First wild turkey flopping around a log.
Still other moments – once bright and vivid – tend to fade over time from the
Ryan Rothstein: Don’t underestimate the power of good deer moms
In my last column, I wrote a bit about a unique doe that I’ve been following for the past four years. She’s got a split left ear that you can’t miss, and she’s been a
Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Trout anglers survive chilly Devil’s Lake plunge
Wisconsin DNR Field Warden Andrew Amundsen’s first station, after spending several months working in the DNR’s community service area, was at Devil’s Lake State Park in Sauk County. Most of Amundsen’s duties are at the
Your hunting dog have cabin fever? Here’s the late-winter remedy for that
For many upland hunters, the late winter signals a seasonal reset here in Minnesota.
While ambitious hunters perhaps found adventure in the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, and even Kansas throughout all, or parts, of January,
Trapping tips for catching river otters
Nothing is more pleasing to me than spring otter trapping.
Some of my favorite trapping memories were made in the Northern Adirondack foothills region trapping spring beavers and otters. I long for the day
Jeremiah Haas: Found a dead head in Illinois outside of hunting season? Here’s how to legally possess it
Each spring deer hunters hit the woods to look for the antlers of animals which eluded them during the hunting season.
Has South Dakota seen any negative effects from longer pheasant seasons?
Gus’ body language gave off all the classic signs as we approached a corner near the end of a long walk along the edge of a cattail slough.
At age 7, he is in
Oak Duke: When to target the ‘honeymoon flats’ for whitetails
Annually, like clockwork, in a small woodlot at the end of a steep ridge here in Western New York, a doe bedding phenomenon occurs ever since the lower spruce and ash began to die off
Blue catfish gaining the attention of more and more Illinois anglers
Few fish in Illinois have captured anglers’ attention like the blue catfish.
Known for its size, strength and toughness, blue cats have gone from being little-known river residents to top targets in cooling lakes
