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Bear Numbers Surge in Wisconsin Hunting Season

Hunters killed about 500 more black bears during the 2020 season, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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Take Advantage of Youth-Only Deer Hunting Opportunities

Youth-only deer hunting opportunities are common throughout the country, and it pays to take advantage of them when introducing a boy or girl to the hunting tradition.
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Layering Winter Rye: My Wisconsin Whitetails Fall Food Plot Plan

For the first time this late summer and fall, the author plans a layering winter rye system to lure Wisconsin whitetails.
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Food Plots: Why I’m Finished Planting Soybeans

The author has planted soybeans for many years in his Midwest food plots, but that stops in 2020.
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Finding Joy (Again) in Whitetail Hunting

Pursuing mature bucks is great, but sometimes getting back to the basics of whitetail hunting and targeting any deer is welcomed.
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Are You Stuck in a Deer Hunting Rut?

After a lifetime of pursuing whitetails across the country, the biggest problem the author has seen is deer hunters refusing to face up to reality and make changes.
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Winter Turkey Tactics: How to Arrow a Snowbird

Deer tags filled and can’t bear the 4-month wait for spring turkey season? Brave the cold for a December turkey — or three.
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Don't Toss Those Squirrel Tails

Turn your squirrel tails into one (or more) of the nation's most popular fishing lures, the Mepps spinner, or exchange them for cash.
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Wisconsin College Student Arrows 200-Class Whitetail

Bowhunter Matt Wachowiak, a student at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, recently tagged a whitetail with an unofficial gross green score of 200 2/8 inches.
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Rinehart R100 Traveling Tournament Visiting Sparta, Wisconsin, July 26-28, 2019

Archers of all skill levels are invited to take aim at 100 unique 3-D targets during the Rinehart 100 July event in Sparta.
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Whitetail Buck Bag Limit of Zero in Wisconsin’s Famed Buffalo County?

With concerns of too many deer, and nearby CWD, Wisconsin’s Buffalo County Deer Advisory Council is recommending a harvest of no bucks, only antlerless deer, in 2019.
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Feds' Plan to Delist Wolves Stirs Mixed Reactions

A proposal by the U.S. Department of Interior to delist gray wolves from endangered species protection is drawing mixed reactions.
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Bear Hunting Permits Reduced After Population Declines

Wisconsin conservation officials reduced the number of bear hunting permits for the 2019 season after data showed a decline in the state's population of bruins.