IRON MOUNTAIN — This weekend brings Wisconsin’s youth gun deer hunt, always held on the Saturday and Sunday nearest Oct. 8.
It is open to licensed youth hunters ages 15 and younger, participating with a mentor.
Weather conditions are expected to be pleasant but slightly breezy ...
A sampling of field reports from Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers in the Upper Peninsula:
Aug. 23 through Sept. 5
DISTRICT 1
Conservation Officers Brian Lasanen and Zach Painter were on patrol in Ontonagon County and investigated gun shots that they heard. ...
I’ve seen more red fox in the area this summer than in past years. In September alone, almost every drive home at night would yield eyes glowing from the ditches, ears poking up just above the tall grass. Sometimes the fox would be scampering to get off the road into cover.
It’s ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Archery deer season opened Thursday in Michigan and will run through Jan. 1, with a break for the firearm deer hunt Nov. 15-30.
In the Upper Peninsula, hunters now can take an antlerless deer either with a deer or deer combo license during the archery season, except in deer ...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that harvested deer must be registered electronically by 5 p.m. the day after the deer is recovered.
Hunters are encouraged to use GameReg, a system that collects harvest information from the hunter and provides a ...
An annual report that tries to predict where certain songbirds might spend the winter months sounds promising that several feeder favorites could turn up in the region.
Last winter was a poor one for seeing many of the “winter finches,” as Canada and other regions in fall 2019 had abundant ...