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Dean Bortz: Holmen trio fill tags on Zone D bears in Wisconsin’s Rusk County
A wife, her husband, and a friend’s 10-year-old daughter all went to a Rusk County, Wis., bear camp, and each came home with a bear.
That might be news enough, but Becky Miesen, of Holmen,

Colleen Foehrenbacher: Turning ‘Can I?’ into ‘I can’ … and paying confidence forward
Twenty-five women. Three dead deer. A lot of sharp knives.
It might not sound like the beginning of a lesson about confidence, but that is exactly what it was. As I wrapped up demonstrating

Dan Ladd: The many pleasures of deer season
As hunters, we’re all different. We hunt different areas in different conditions at different times of the season and we all have different goals.
Mostly, we go about it differently. That’s what’s unique about

How to decide what mid-October buck sign is worth hunting
There is a point in October where the woods have changed, but most hunters haven’t gotten the strong urge to put in serious hunting effort.
Commonly referred to as the lull, the time before

Steve Carney: Getting lost after a bowhunt… the sequel
I believe when I was born, the man upstairs gave me absolutely zero ability to determine direction in the woods. My cronies always give me a hard time because I frequently get turned around in

Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Catching the river walleyes of autumn
Fall is here and water temps are dropping into the low 60s and high 50s in Minnesota. The St. Croix River is low, the shad are thick, and the shiners are running. It’s reaction-bait time.

Jeremiah Haas: Fishermen make big difference for youths in Mississippi River tournament
How often do you get to combine face painting, balloon fish and fishing poles, shoreline fishing and boat fishing and raise $85,000 for children with disabilities? If you do not have an answer for that,

Mild winter bodes well for Wisconsin’s deer season, deer hunters
With another late start to the gun deer season, Wisconsin hunters may need help getting deer to move on opening weekend. The rut will be history by Saturday, Nov. 21, for the opener, but the

Video: A Minnesota doe tag filled, and why this spot keeps producing
Eric Morken filled his first bonus tag of the season in Minnesota on the evening of Oct. 5 in a tree where he has shot three deer on three straight sits over the past few