Dean Bortz

Mallards, wood ducks, blue-winged teal and green-winged teal make up about 70% of game waterfowl in Wisconsin.

We will work under the new numbered unit system for all 2025-26 deer seasons starting when the archery deer season opens in September.

Over the years we started talking and it was then I discovered the colorful character who walks this Earth as Neil F. Payne.

I recently asked readers their thoughts on overnight stand and blind placement. That drew a strong response for and against.

The DNR's Randy Johnson will ask for a 2025 bear harvest quota of 4,075 animals, which is up from the 2024 quota of 3,850.

This past fall I again drew Montana’s nonresident big-game combo tag that offers deer and elk hunting, along with a small game license and annual fishing license.

All agreed Campbellsport won’t let these four individuals tell the town’s story, or pull apart the community.

While she loves fishing, the thing I really enjoy is seeing her curiosity about the natural world. That trait isn’t unique to Lotti.

Vilas County CDAC members ignored overwhelming requests from deer hunters to reduce the counties antlerless quota and tag numbers and raised both numbers for the 2024 seasons.

There were an estimated about 8,000 animals across the lower 48 states in 2022, according to a compilation of wildlife agency data by the Wolf Conservation Center.

A total of 569 Wisconsin deer hunters who are more than 90 years old bought a gun deer season license. The oldest man was 102 and the oldest woman was 96 years young.

A recent study from Minnesota adds to our understanding of the diets of these species, indicating where they do or do not overlap.