PATRICK DURKIN OUTDOORS

Scrapbook photos from August 2011 show sturdy piers, tightly stacked firewood, a proud grandfather, and an 11-year-old grandson shooting...

When hunters share hunting’s conservation scorecard with folks who know little or nothing about it, we boast of paying for wildlife...

If you weren’t impressed that Wisconsin hunters bagged 39,007 turkeys this spring, a 5% increase over 2021, you probably saw few gobblers...

The good ol’ boys holding a 4-3 majority on Wisconsin’s Natural Resources reduced Bayfield County’s antlerless deer recommendations for...

When storms lash inland oceans like Superior and Michigan, we cringe when thinking of the thousands killed on the Great Lakes in...

A pair of grackles near Stoughton learned the hard way in early June that red foxes can climb trees far better than what humans claim in...

Maynard James Christensen was one of those people you knew by one name, and it wasn’t “James” or “Christensen.” Yes, his given name is...

Greg Kazmierski, reigning chairman of Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board, often described himself falsely the past three decades, but...

My humble hunting goal for the spring 2022 turkey season was to be a helpful, competent, memorable guide for three special people. Pfft!...

Here’s a book every Wisconsin hunter, birder, trapper and all-around history-loving conservationist should own: “Wildlife in Early...

The turkey’s gobble was just distant enough to doubt, obscured as it was by light winds swishing through red-pine boughs overhead. Tom...

Details that look trivial to casual observers reveal the essentials to experts and specialists. In fact, nothing can damn a hunting or...

Wisconsin’s outdoor community favored a 350-wolf population goal, and stricter safeguards for hunter education and drinking water when...

A self-righteous fisherman once wrote that fishing is more sporting than hunting because the line creates a fragile, spiritual link...

Redpolls flocked to Ryan Brady this winter like, well, choose your trite analogy: moths to light, bears to honey or pigeons to bread...

A crossbow hunter who nearly died in early January after getting gored by a wounded buck he was tracking has paid $343.50 in fines for...

This year’s three inductees to the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame impressed friend and foe alike by eagerly and respectfully working...

Those serving on Wisconsin’s seven-member Natural Resources Board enjoy the perk of submitting questions for citizen review at the...

After sliding my old golf clubs into the truck’s back seat with my ancient downhill skis last spring, I silently thanked them for their...

CASCADE, Idaho — Pioneers gave up home and family to head west for new lives and fertile land in the 1800s. Chris and Jessie Weber, both...