PATRICK DURKIN OUTDOORS

Nature’s surprises often flip routine hunts into lifetime memories. Sometimes you smile, wondering why a mallard hen would expose her...

Who needs dandelions, chirping robins and blooming lilacs to remind us it’s spring when we receive daily public-service warnings each May...

Whether watching your birdfeeders through a living-room window or calling to wild turkeys from a camouflaged blind, you seldom wait long...

Wakeboats struck another tsunami of opposition during Wisconsin’s statewide conservation hearings in mid-April, with over 70% of voters...

Lake sturgeon were having yet another of the species’ moments in late April. First, they made the morning headlines April 22 by not...

My cousin Peggy greeted our group of turkey hunters as we returned to her farm’s driveway April 12 after our prep work for Wisconsin’s...

Three researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison think the federal government should take the lead on...

The first Wisconsin game warden killed by gunfire didn’t die protecting deer, bears, wolves, walleyes or waterfowl. No, Einar P. Johnson,...

Hunters, anglers and other outdoor recreationists who attend Wisconsin’s spring conservation hearings April 8 can vote in person for the...

More females and crossbow hunters joined Wisconsin’s deer hunting’s ranks the past decade, but they didn’t halt the state’s nearly...

When the humorist Dave Barry turned 50 in 1998, he compiled a list of things that took him a half-century to learn. One of his insights...

Fur trappers can seem uneasy and vulnerable, even though they’re the most skilled, regulated and well-rounded outdoors-folks you’ll find...

Wisconsin biologists expect to soon complete the nation’s first and most-advanced system for estimating the past, current and future...

A tick bite last summer confined Al Hofacker to a Green Bay hospital for over two months, spoiled his hunting seasons once home, and...

Whether you fish, hunt, hike or birdwatch on one of Wisconsin’s 200-plus fish and wildlife areas, you’ll benefit even more if you “adopt”...

Several anniversaries come to mind as we approach “Leopold Week,” the annual celebration of legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and...

When crappies bite too lightly to see or feel with your best icefishing rod, you assume they’re spurning your bait as they rise, retreat...

Wisconsin’s deer-baiting violators should get credit for at least one thing: They work consistently hard disregarding the state’s baiting...

When folks say politicians and the Department of Natural Resources “don’t listen to us” about deer, give them a reminder or three,...

We buried Tom Heberlein on Jan. 12, shoveling fast to fill his grave with the forest’s red dirt before winter’s first blizzard howled...