Opinion
Patrick Durkin: 28 boating fatalities in 2023 sets Wisconsin record
Patrick Durkin
July 10, 2024
Wisconsin set a tragic record in 2023 when 28 people died while enjoying the state’s lakes and rivers by fishing, hunting, paddling, jet-skiing, waterskiing or motorboating.
Most of those folks drowned. Only one died
Commentary: 2024 report shows public support of hunting, sport shooting seeing a decline
Site Staff
July 9, 2024
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (Council), in collaboration with Responsive Management, has unveiled the much-anticipated report, “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Hunting and Sport Shooting 2024.”
This extensive study provides critical insights
Wisconsin State Roundup: Some specific changes needed to better manage deer herd
Dean Bortz
July 9, 2024
Two quick thoughts about deer before we move onto other business here – the Wisconsin DNR needs to really get serious and moving on returning to the numeric/alpha deer management units we used prior to
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Judge erred in ruling in the Public Trust Doctrine case
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
July 8, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 12, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Respectfully, Mr. McCaffery, he fully disagrees with your opinion
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
June 24, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 28, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Wisconsin State Roundup: Thoughts on Vilas and Oneida deer herds, state turkey season structure
Dean Bortz
June 24, 2024
Vilas and Oneida counties are up this week as the third part of Steve Heiting’s five-part series reviewing the deer situation in 10 northern counties.
Heiting opens with a discussion from two loggers on
Dean Bortz: Here’s how the Wisconsin DNR fish teams conduct their lake surveys
Dean Bortz
June 24, 2024
I recently received a hand-written letter to the editor from one of our regular readers in Two Rivers who checked in with a question.
His question: “Why in the world would anyone care about
Patrick Durkin: Registering nonmotorized recreational ‘assets’ makes sense in Wisconsin
Patrick Durkin
June 24, 2024
Those of us with long memories perked up in April when voters at Wisconsin’s annual conservation hearings supported registering nonmotorized recreational “assets,” which often go adrift or are left stranded on weak ice.
Imagine
Commentary: The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 and how it would impact hunters, anglers
Aaron Field / Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
June 12, 2024
After a busy few weeks of Farm Bill proposals, House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson released a discussion draft May 17 and formally introduced his bill May 21.
