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- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Targeting Sharks (on purpose) during a fishing trip to South CarolinaWe needed a break. After going through all the anguish of trying to get our house ready to sell, we were in the final phase of listing the house with a realtor....
- Wisconsin State Roundup: Thoughts on Vilas and Oneida deer herds, state turkey season structureVilas and Oneida counties are up this week as the third part of Steve Heiting’s five-part series reviewing the deer situation in 10 northern counties. He...
- Perfect scores wrap up Minnesota’s state trap shooting tournament at Minneapolis Gun ClubThe top trap shooters from the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League met at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake on June 21 with individual and team ...
- New Illinois record saugeye has ‘weighty’ storyA few quick and important lessons for anglers arrived with the newest Illinois state record fish: Persistence pays off, trusting your handheld scale does not â€...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on June 24, 2024All species of bass hit action mode in state’s lakes. A look at the Illinois fishing report from across the state on June 24, 2024. The post Illinois’ state...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Would free fishing, hunting licenses help fill critical positions in Pennsylvania?Like in Pennsylvania, Michigan’s leaders are having trouble attracting enough people to fill critical roles to protect society, so they have come up with a no...
- Dean Bortz: Here’s how the Wisconsin DNR fish teams conduct their lake surveysI recently received a hand-written letter to the editor from one of our regular readers in Two Rivers who checked in with a question. His question: “Why in th...
- Trout Unlimited trout school helps Wisconsin students learn ‘on the fly’Almost 50 years ago, Dan Harmon III had a vision of introducing people to the sport of trout fishing. Harmon, a Trout Unlimited member from Oshkosh, Wis., who p...
- MN Daily Update: Hill Annex Mine State Park closed permanentlyThe Minnesota DNR announced recently that Hill Annex Mine State Park near Calumet has been permanently closed to allow mining to resume. Listen here for more de...
- Understand a river’s flow to catch more fishRivers are seen by many anglers as mysterious and complicated places to fish – especially, where to find fish. They’re quite different from lakes. And if yo...
- Patrick Durkin: Registering nonmotorized recreational ‘assets’ makes sense in WisconsinThose of us with long memories perked up in April when voters at Wisconsin’s annual conservation hearings supported registering nonmotorized recreational “a...
- WI Daily Update: Start applying for urban forestry grants on July 1The Wisconsin DNR wants state citizens to know that the application period for urban forestry grants opens on July 1. Listen here for the details. The post WI D...
- Limited viewings? Patience is key when trying to witness a Michigan mooseAs a Michigan DNR fisheries biologist in the U.P., I had to answer public wildlife questions at the DNR office, when wildlife biologists were not available. One...
- Northern Wisconsin’s deer herd: Vilas, Oneida counties losing their popularity with deer huntersVilas and Oneida counties in north-central Wisconsin are in lake country with more than 2,400 waterbodies between them. Those lakes attract tourists and the reg...
- Finding the perfect setup for catching summer saugeyeCatching a saugeye in the summer is an ongoing lesson in humility. The fruitless casting in July can get old. Soon after a lackluster trip I return with a new i...