While deer sign is something we all look for, signs like this are what readers should be hunting for just after Christmas.

On Fishmas day, fish come from all over the lake. Out of the bulrush beds emerge the minnows, speeding along. Ciscoes travel ...

Jacob Holsclaw, Wisconsin DNR administrative warden. (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR) DNR game wardens may have dreamed ...

Top officials from all the Chesapeake Bay states and the federal government gathered in Annapolis, Maryland, in early December to reiterate their commitment to cleaning up the historically and ...

I’m trying not to let a sore back or the fact that I’ve yet to harvest a deer despite many days of serious effort affect my mood, and I don’t think it has. But when I saw the DEC’s press release on ...

Scratching the fishing itch sometimes means stepping outside the usual routine and trying something different, so fishing buddy Steve Hathaway and I did just that recently – with very satisfying ...

What do charter school students, Wisconsin DNR fish biologists, financial donors, muskies, and northern pike have in common? A new study taking place on Spider Lake in Sawyer County that will take a ...

North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opens Feb. 17 and continues through May 12. Residents must have a 2023-24 (valid through March 31) or 2024-25 (required April 1) combination ...

Early ice is not a time for wheelhouses or stationary shelters. The ice won’t support the weight. So what you see at early ice are portable shelters being pulled like sleds with a minimum amount of ...

In the winter of 2023-2024, I didn’t go ice fishing once. I might have been able to sneak out once or twice if it’d been a huge priority, but I didn’t. Given the poor ice conditions in Michigan, it ...

Deer season closes Dec. 8 in both the Northern and Southern Zone in New York and undoubtedly many hunters have been successful. The meat has been butchered and packaged and freezers are full, but ...

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) members approved an extension of the emergency rule to allow continued limited harvest of walleyes on the Minocqua Chain of Lakes in Oneida County for the ...