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- Wisconsin family deer camp carries 50-year heritageThe Welke family’s deer camp moved from the scrub oaks of northern Marinette County, Wis., to the stately oaks of north-central Crawford County over the past ...
- Wisconsin’s Dave Cook Memorial Shoot raises $30K to support scholarships for studentsThe Mayville Gun Club hosted the sixth annual David G. Cook Memorial Shooting for Scholarships sporting clays event Sept. 22 that will help support trade school...
- MN Daily Update: Biggest-ever catch of Asian carp on the Upper Mississippi RiverThe Minnesota and Wisconsin DNR partnered to catch hundreds of Asian carp out of Pool 6 in the Mississippi River recently. Here are the details. The post MN Dai...
- WI Daily Update: Biggest-ever catch of Asian carp on the Upper Mississippi RiverThe Minnesota and Wisconsin DNR partnered to catch hundreds of Asian carp out of Pool 6 in the Mississippi River recently. Here are the details. The post WI Dai...
- Commentary: Can northern Wisconsin’s deer camp tradition survive?I sense there are fewer deer camps in Wisconsin's Northwoods with each passing year. The sentimental side of me is saddened by the changes that have taken place...
- Predator hunting: Here’s the latest in suppressors and night vision technologyGray wolves have increased in the Upper Great Lakes Region, moving from more remote regions into agricultural areas with high concentrations of livestock. The p...
- State Roundup: Frustration related to Wisconsin deer hunting has been building for yearsThere are a lot of threads sticking out of this rip that’s the 2023 gun deer season, so don’t make the mistake of grabbing one thread and pulling to its end...
- Hunting with flintlocks: Why loading the maximum charge might not be the best course of actionWhile not able to handle the same amount of gunpowder that inline muzzleloaders can safely fire, many flintlock shooters caught the “more powder is better” ...
- Wisconsin bluebird group wins three awards from North American Bluebird SocietyBluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW) members received a big “thank you” for all they do for bluebirds in the form of three awards from the N...
- UTV donation will help Wounded Warrior United of Wisconsin better serve veteransThe donation of a 2024 Can-Am Defender 4X4 UTV will help a non-profit group offer a greater variety of outdoor adventures to Wisconsin veterans. Wounded Warrior...
- Tom Venesky: Trappers need to treat animals with respectMy first trapping teachers were people I never met, but whose words taught me so much. In his classic book “Gone for the Day,” Ned Smith’s passages about ...
- In search of a perfect electric ice auger? Here’s what to considerDeer seasons are over for many of us, so as December returns, so too does our interest in ice fishing. If you’re like me, that starts with some equipment revi...
- Haunting owl call signals end to a memorable Wisconsin deer seasonThe buttery yellow sky grew darker and darker. Time moved rapidly as deer season came to a close. A barred owl hauntingly unleashed a drawn out whine, lonely an...
- Episode 465 – A mess of Asian carp on the Upper Mississippi River, an ice update, CWD update and deer kill update, and the Minneapolis cougarTwo DNR Fisheries employees join Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein to talk about the 400 Asian carp found downstream from Winona in the past 10 days. That...
- Ohio sauger fishing is a challenge; here are some tipsI needed time to think it over. I thought I knew what I was doing. Fishing for saugeye turned out not like I expected. I figured it to be the same as the Lake E...