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- Early ice on Mississippi sidetracks capture of Asian carp in Minnesota, WisconsinUnlike a year ago, when the Minnesota and Wisconsin DNRs caught the most Asian carp in one attempt on the Mississippi River than ever before in state history, t...
- Approached correctly, winter stream trout fishing in southeast Minnesota offers uniqueness, serenityIt was, in retrospect, an incandescently stupid mistake. I obviously didn’t listen close enough to the weather terrorists on television the previous night. Su...
- Bob Gwizdz: Biologists worry CWD will be a long-term issue in Michigan’s deer herdIt’s been a while since chronic wasting disease has been in the news in Michigan, so I thought I’d take a look at the literature. I called Chad Stewart, the...
- Go shallow for early-ice panfish in New YorkGo shallow in the early ice season: go deeper in the shank of winter: go shallow again as the ice season melts away. Many members of the “Frozen Chozen” wil...
- Weasels provide a good opportunity to get started in trappingMy first encounter with a weasel was fox trapping as a teenager in the 1970s. I caught one in a No. 1½ coil-spring trap at a dirt-hole set for fox. I admit I s...
- John Tertuliani: Memories of long-ago come flooding back each deer openerI was 13 when an opportunity for a rifle hunt came together in north-central Pennsylvania, the region where my grandfather immigrated to and met the woman who w...
- Try this ‘glowing’ strategy for early-ice crappiesMy knees were starting to bang together. I wish I could’ve pulled the ice hole closer to the little fire I’d constructed but that was physically impossible....
- State Roundup: Driving trucks on Wisconsin ice on Dec. 17? Hold on a secondHold on here for just a second now folks – it’s too early to be driving trucks on the ice, no? What? Yes. We received reports last week, Dec. 17, that there...
- Off-highway vehicle trails opened at Sahara Woods in IllinoisA “soft opening” of new trails at Sahara Woods State Recreation Area in Saline County are taking place through Jan. 27, DNR announced. The southern Illinois...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: OSLAD program part of 55 million in grantsMore than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational op...
- Missouri finds likely bird flu cases among snow geeseThe Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation of something it feared – three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely inf...
- Farm Bureau’s new policy calls for extended Illinois deer season to boost harvestSome in Illinois are longing for the days when the deer season deer kill eclipsed 100,000 and the total take reached more than twice that. And it’s not just h...
- Illinois’ statewide fishing report on Dec. 20, 2024Crappies, bluegills top option as winter hits lakes. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report from across the state on Dec. 20, 2024. The post Illinois’...
- Oak Duke: A last bit of December rut action in New YorkFrom my precarious perch in a ridge-top oak tree, I watched four big bucks work out their breeding ritual. The center of their rapt attention…a tiny doe, in t...
- Wisconsin DNR confirms CWD in wild deer for the first time in Menominee CountyThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Menominee Count...