PATRICK DURKIN OUTDOORS

The customary statement when returning each night to Tom Heberlein’s Ashland County deer shack during gun season was, “I saw no deer.”   ...

Serious hunters often spend many nights alone in the woods, whether sleeping beneath stars, a shack’s old rafters, or the nylon or canvas...

What do Wisconsin hunters and anglers love to hate most: wolves, carp or nonresident competition?    The choices narrow when lawmakers...

A good friend of mine gets a little testy whenever he starts talking about Wisconsin’s annual spring conservation hearings.    And once...

Should white deer be fair game for hunters?    Should monitoring your trapline from afar with cellular trail cameras qualify as an...

Wisconsin’s natural resources always fascinated Dave Carlson, whether he was reporting stories during his 40-plus years in TV and...

Evan Koch calls himself a “wood butcher” on Instagram, but he wields chisels with world-class skill to craft, carve and checker gunstocks...

School administrators likely pondered whether to change Warren Nelson’s absence Feb. 10 from “illness” to “unexcused” when learning the...

A Richland County farmer who “made a game” of killing over 150 deer from 2020 through 2021 has been fined $27,416, and sentenced to four...

After living our entire life in the most comfortable society ever created by hard work, sound science, free speech and hitherto...

Not until Adam Christianson yanked his third fat perch from the same hole 10 yards away did I concede he might be onto something.   ...

While studying sites and scheduling dates for spring turkey hunts with family and friends, I can’t shake bad memories of November’s gun...

A newborn bear cub that survived the destruction of its cornfield den site Jan. 2 in northwestern Wisconsin is growing and gaining weight...

If you’re seeing too few deer in southwestern Wisconsin for your hunting or viewing pleasure, it’s time to accept the obvious reason:   ...

Judging by their ample girths, the gray squirrels in my backyard eat much and exercise little.    In fact, when glancing out the window...

Heavy rains and sodden fields in autumn often block Wisconsin farmers from harvesting cornfields before winter.    When that happens...

A social-media friend sent a link last week to You Tube videos about using “feminine napkins” as bait for catching bass, catfish, lake...

In the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I enjoy scrolling through photos from the previous 51 weeks to sharpen memories already...

Whether you study deer-kill data or taxidermists’ work orders from the lands west of Madison, the long-predicted plunge in the region’s...

Mike Purnell and his brother Lloyd concede they can’t find every carcass, skeleton or bone after deer die of chronic wasting disease on...