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Nation’s Hunters Help Stop Effort to Sell Western Public Lands
The saying “Nothing good happens after midnight” reminds us to get home early to avoid rowdy jerks, drunken drivers, and other folks with...

Patrick Durkin
May 224 min read


Wisconsin Conservation Hearings: Voters OK April Opener for Trout
Wisconsin could move its traditional trout-season opener from early May to early April next year, based on a landslide 63-37 percentage...

Patrick Durkin
May 185 min read


Scientific Reports Share Details that Intrigue Your Inner Geek
Folks often ask writers and editors how they come up with story ideas every day or week. The late Jack Brauer of Appleton, co-founder...

Patrick Durkin
May 95 min read


Dodgeville’s Gretchen James Coached, Inspired World-Class Archers
Wautoma’s Carole Clark was a four-time All-America archer at Arizona State University (1977-1980), but the Sun Devil Hall of Famer might...

Patrick Durkin
May 35 min read


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

Patrick Durkin
Apr 274 min read


Solo Hunters Shouldn’t Read Ghost Stories During Overnight Stays
Serious hunters often spend many nights alone in the woods, whether sleeping beneath stars, a shack’s old rafters, or the nylon or canvas...

Patrick Durkin
Apr 195 min read


Nonresidents Can’t Carry Wisconsin’s License Burden for Us
What do Wisconsin hunters and anglers love to hate most: wolves, carp or nonresident competition? The choices narrow when lawmakers...

Patrick Durkin
Apr 105 min read


Wis. Conservation Congress Struggles, but No Worse than Our Legislature
A good friend of mine gets a little testy whenever he starts talking about Wisconsin’s annual spring conservation hearings. And once...

Patrick Durkin
Apr 54 min read


Wisconsin’s Spring Conservation Hearings Set for April 14
Should white deer be fair game for hunters? Should monitoring your trapline from afar with cellular trail cameras qualify as an...

Patrick Durkin
Mar 284 min read


Journalist Dave Carlson Enters Wis. Conservation Hall of Fame
Wisconsin’s natural resources always fascinated Dave Carlson, whether he was reporting stories during his 40-plus years in TV and...

Patrick Durkin
Mar 204 min read


‘Wood Butcher’ Hand-Checkers High-End Gun Stocks for Hunters
Evan Koch calls himself a “wood butcher” on Instagram, but he wields chisels with world-class skill to craft, carve and checker gunstocks...

Patrick Durkin
Mar 165 min read


Boy Skips School, Spears Sturgeon with Help from Dad, Grandfather
School administrators likely pondered whether to change Warren Nelson’s absence Feb. 10 from “illness” to “unexcused” when learning the...

Patrick Durkin
Mar 85 min read


Wisconsin Man Receives Jail, $27,417 Fines for Poaching Deer
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...

Patrick Durkin
Mar 25 min read


Federal Job Cuts Could Derail Conservation’s Many Gains
After living our entire life in the most comfortable society ever created by hard work, sound science, free speech and hitherto...

Patrick Durkin
Feb 225 min read


Perch Offer Rare Sight-Fishing Along Mississippi River’s Flats
Not until Adam Christianson yanked his third fat perch from the same hole 10 yards away did I concede he might be onto something. ...

Patrick Durkin
Feb 155 min read


Trespassing Carries Distrust Over the Neighbor’s Fence
While studying sites and scheduling dates for spring turkey hunts with family and friends, I can’t shake bad memories of November’s gun...

Patrick Durkin
Feb 85 min read


‘Cornfield Cub’ is Expected to Return to Wild this Year
A newborn bear cub that survived the destruction of its cornfield den site Jan. 2 in northwestern Wisconsin is growing and gaining weight...

Patrick Durkin
Feb 25 min read


Wisconsin DNR: CWD Sinking Deer Herds in Disease-Endemic Areas
If you’re seeing too few deer in southwestern Wisconsin for your hunting or viewing pleasure, it’s time to accept the obvious reason: ...

Patrick Durkin
Jan 265 min read


Gray Squirrels Often Endure Mange Outbreaks During Winter
Judging by their ample girths, the gray squirrels in my backyard eat much and exercise little. In fact, when glancing out the window...

Patrick Durkin
Jan 194 min read


Bear Cub Lives After Sow Loses Cornfield Den to Late Harvest
Heavy rains and sodden fields in autumn often block Wisconsin farmers from harvesting cornfields before winter. When that happens...

Patrick Durkin
Jan 115 min read
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