PATRICK DURKIN OUTDOORS

Few Wisconsin hunters noticed they had one less opportunity to share their thoughts on deer hunting and deer management this spring....

Fish pirates have largely vanished from the Fox and Wolf rivers in recent decades, but spawning sturgeon from the Winnebago System’s big...

For a state ranking fifth nationally in licensed hunters and sixth in licensed anglers while generating $8.7 billion and 89,000 jobs in...

Wisconsin’s bobcat population has grown steadily this century, expanding its range and numbers while triggering explosive interest among...

Someday I’ll prove that a patient man who plants himself atop an ice hole and persists will outfish those who forever hop one hole to the...

Let’s compliment the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for the large, bold-faced “Choose Wisely” headline on the state’s...

MENOMINEE, Mich. — If you’re strapping ice-creepers to your boots and heading out to catch a quick meal of northern pike from an Upper...

Wisconsin found chronic wasting disease in a record 31 counties during 2022’s deer seasons — including newcomers Buffalo, Langlade and...

Researchers who studied a cave complex in Spain recently concluded that Neanderthal hunters likely turned one of the chambers into the...

An old, retired Northwoods bunny cop seldom disagrees when reading my columns about hunting, fishing and other conservation matters. But...

One year after a federal judge in California put the Great Lakes’ gray wolves back on the endangered species list, many Wisconsin hunters...

Deer hunting in Wisconsin was simpler in 2000, when we mostly argued about baiters, antlerless quotas, buck-to-doe ratios, and whether...

One wonders about the legitimacy of our Legislature when a lone senator or representative can conceal their identity while blocking...

As Mark Gutsmiedl checked his muskrat trapline in December and hauled out his daily catch, he felt blessed to be in constant pain and 1½...

When Preston Cole took command of the Department of Natural Resources in December 2018, Wisconsin’s conservation community hoped the new...

As counties across Wisconsin rushed to open their snowmobile trails before Christmas weekend, they warned snowmobilers to watch out for...

Kris Bjerke lay bleeding and immobile in a deep gully in southwestern Wisconsin on Nov. 23, a tourniquet throttling his left leg above...

One gets a bit nostalgic when reflecting on Wisconsin’s just-completed nine-day gun-deer season and recalling the November 2009 hunt....

If you’ve read Larry Koller’s classic book “Shots at Whitetails,” you probably envy hunters who own sporterized bolt-action rifles with...

Whether you know a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or good neighbor who wants to get kids outdoors, give them the book “Outdoor Kids In...