Hunting News
Earlier this year
- Wisconsin Reader Stories: A heart scare is the wrong kind of excitement in the deer woodsSometimes men are foolish. In November I was one of those foolish men. This isn’t your typical deer hunting story. There’s no big buck or hardly any deer in...
- Make time to get youth into the outdoors this yearFish, fish, fish. For several summers, that’s about all my son and I did. Mornings and evenings and weekends, we’d be on the water, chasing bass. He’d ask...
- State Roundup: Wisconsin Outdoor News readers respond to Bortz’s callI wasn’t sure what to expect when I asked readers to check in here at the Wisconsin Outdoor News world headquarters if they’ve been reading the paper f...
- WI Daily Update: Take advantage of the state’s winter catch-and-release trout seasonWisconsin’s inland trout early catch-and-release season is underway. Here are the details and some tips for this cold-water opportunity. The post WI Daily Upd...
- Wisconsin Natural Resources Board reviews possible fish, wildlife rule changesThe Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved statements of scope to start the process of drafting new hunting and fishing regulation questions to be pre...
- Rarely documented flying squirrel caught on camera in IllinoisA University of Illinois student researcher identified a southern flying squirrel in a university natural area. While the species is native to Illinois, this wa...
- Here’s how to keep your hunting dog’s paws in top shape during off-season exerciseUnless you’re game to head out of state, most of the bird-hunting opportunities in Minnesota have come to a close. Adventurous souls with the time and money c...
- Ice or no ice, Michigan’s Saginaw Bay boasts good winter fishingI’m not sure if I ever fished open water for walleyes in January. I know I fished in Lake Erie several times in late December. I fished the Saginaw River in D...
- ‘Hunting’ with a camera in the offseason can make you a better hunter overallSo, I know you’re asking yourself, why is wildlife photography being featured in a publication targeted at hunters? Well, the answer is quite simple. You canâ...
- State record saugeye earns ‘fish of the year’ from IllinoisIllinois fishermen begin 2025 the same way they begin most years – confident this will be the year someone finally catches a largemouth bass that tops the mos...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025Panfish dominating winter fishing scene so far in ’25. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on Jan. 3, 2025. The post Illinois’ statewide fishing ...
- Iowa hunters have shot 87,000 deer this year as focus shifts to late season opportunitiesWith the two regular gun seasons in the books, Iowa’s deer hunting has shifted to a more solitary endeavor with the opening of the late muzzleloader season an...
- Want to hunt Western big game? Know these tips for navigating tag systemsIf you want to hunt Western states in 2025 and beyond for elk, deer, pronghorns or other big game, start learning all you can about each state’s wildlife prog...
- Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Early catch-and-release inland trout season to run Jan. 4 through May 2Wisconsin’s early catch-and-release inland trout season using artificial lures only started Jan. 4 and runs through May 2 on designated streams. Anglers are e...
- Kroening’s next court date in Wisconsin poaching case set for Feb. 12The lone adult suspect in a three-county poaching case in southeast Wisconsin appeared in Washington County Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 30, with her attorney, Da...