While locking the back door at night, a movement on one of the hanging suet feeders caught my eye. It wasn’t wind making it sway, but a creature that poked out its head to look at me, then sprang to one of the deck posts to scramble away. I can’t say I got a great look, but I didn’t ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Anglers are reminded that every waterbody has it own characteristics that will make it difficult to judge early ice conditions. “After we have the first cold nights, we start to see the early ice,” said Lt. Jacob Holsclaw, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

Preliminary figures show hunters registered 189,622 deer during the 2024 gun deer season in Wisconsin, which was up 5.2% statewide from 2023, although the harvest in northern counties was down slightly, the Department of Natural Resources said. The harvest included 89,787 antlered and ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Firearm deer harvests are up from a year ago in Dickinson, Iron and Menominee counties as the 2024 season comes to a close, according to a Michigan Department of Natural Resources online harvest summary. In Dickinson County, as of 7 p.m. Friday, the harvest total from this ...

MARQUETTE — Registration is open for this winter’s “Becoming an Outdoors Woman” program, which is set for Feb. 21-23 in Marquette County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. This winter will mark the 24th-annual winter BOW gathering for women 18 and older who are ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Park System is moving to a 12-month admission pass model. The new 12-month admission passes will be available for purchase beginning Monday. The update to the admission pass follows the implementation of 2023 Wisconsin Act 113, which was signed by Gov. ...