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- Winning lottery makes for great fishing experience on Ohio’s Cold CreekMy grandson, Grady, won the lottery this summer. He’s only 5 years old, so it wasn’t the one that pays you millions of dollars. It was the lottery that gave...
- Wisconsin DNR trying to learn more about ‘hairless bears’Retired Wisconsin DNR game warden Dave Sabrowsky has a reputation of knowing what he’s doing when it comes to baiting bears. It’s more than just throwing a ...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Story piques curiosity about disappearance of B-25 bomber in Pennsylvania’s Monongahela RiverThe lede of our story about dredging up tons of junk from Pittsburgh’s rivers made me curious. If you want to know more, read the Heinz History Center’s blo...
- Dean Bortz: Wildlife biologists offer fall deer forecast for WisconsinEach year Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologists in charge of the agency’s four deer hunting districts – the north, northeast, west-central and southern – take...
- WI Daily Update: What hunters should know as hunting seasons openSome hunting seasons in Wisconsin have already opened, with more on the horizon. Here’s what to know. The post WI Daily Update: What hunters should know as hu...
- Three top spots for arrowing an early-season buckThe opener of any hunting season is always cause for excitement, but when it comes to the dawn of the annual archery deer hunt, I’m truly jazzed. While the ru...
- Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin’s Roy Case launched bowhunting’s ‘shot almost heard round the world’Bowhunting historian Bill McCrary says it’s accurate to call Racine’s Roy I. Case (1888-1986) the father of Wisconsin bowhunting and co-founder of the...
- Big fish coming to West Lake Okoboji with paddlefish reintroductionWhile he was speaking at the Okoboji Blue Water Festival on Aug. 10, Iowa DNR fisheries biologist Mike Hawkins gave an update on lake bank erosion and restorati...
- Rob Keck returns to help celebrate the restoration of wild turkeys in WisconsinWisconsin’s passion for wild turkeys, and turkey hunting, was in full strut in some of the state’s most beautiful turkey habitat in late July. The Wisconsin...
- Tips for making the most of this early-goose seasonThe early Canada goose season is nearly here in Ohio and other states. Here are a few pointers that should shoot you in the right direction if you plan to be ou...
- Grand times fishing can be had on Michigan’s Grand RiverThe Grand River is Michigan’s longest river at 256 miles. Other than below the 6th Street Dam in Grand Rapids, it doesn’t see much fishing pressure, especia...
- Commentary: Wisconsin DNR Office of Communications failing in its responsibilities to outdoor publicThe definition of communication is “the sending and receiving of information between groups in a face-to-face manner or through communication devices.” It...
- Should Wisconsin’s state game bird be the ruffed grouse, wild turkeys, wood ducks or …?Should the wild turkey be declared the official Wisconsin state game bird? Or the ruffed grouse? Maybe the wood duck? Some might say making the wild turkey the ...
- For those hunting and exploring in snake country, is the fear of being bit really justified?Going hunting or hiking in a state with venomous snakes? Read on. Some evidence suggests that we’re born with a fear of snakes. Personally, I have gone both w...
- We Fixin’ to Fish organization promotes fishing to inner city youth in MichiganA quick count of out-of-state license plates in the parking lot of any Great Lakes public access site will confirm what most Michigan anglers already know: Peop...