WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin hunter died after apparently accidentally shooting himself during the weekend opener of the gun-deer season. The Washington Island Police...
As Wisconsin gun deer hunters prepare for opening day Saturday, the question of how to process that venison may be top of mind. COVID-19 brought challenges...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials agreed Wednesday to ask gun deer hunters this spring whether they would support wholesale changes to the sport, including...
The Minnesota gun deer season will begin Saturday with new rules for hunters in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zones. Hunters in a management zone cannot...
Big changes could come to Minnesota’s $500 million deer hunting industry. Todd Froberg, the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) landowner assistant specialist, said it is...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget doesn’t propose any new strategies to fight chronic wasting disease despite years of demands from his...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on deer farms as concern grows about the persistence of chronic wasting disease among...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Conservation Congress plans to ask outdoor lovers this spring whether state wildlife officials should again offer bounties for deer infected...
A couple of elk killed during the nine-day gun deer season this year likely won’t change how the Wisconsin DNR manages the small but growing herds....
There’s more than one way to get rid of a deer carcass safely and legally if you live in western Wisconsin. The La Crosse County landfill...
The Wisconsin DNR is investigating two illegal elk shootings in Monroe and Jackson Counties that have occurred so far during the 9-day gun deer season. An...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator who doubles as a firefighter ripped the state Department of Natural Resources for persuading his department to rescue a...
The deer are getting killed all over Wisconsin, whether in the woods or on the road. La Crosse County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jeff Wolf says with...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — State and federal officials have paid Wisconsin deer farmers more than $330,000 in compensation so far this year after killing their herds out...
Whatever minimal efforts Wisconsin is taking to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease clearly aren’t working. That’s apparently why there’s a big shift in how...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s rules committee has voted to scrap regulations banning hunters from moving deer carcasses out of counties affected by chronic wasting...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A deer killed on the opening weekend of the archery season in southeastern Minnesota has tested positive for chronic wasting disease....
Today is the last day to apply for, quite literally, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Wisconsin DNR is accepting applications through today for the first-ever managed elk...
MINNEAPOLIS — Tests found no chronic wasting disease in more than 11,000 deer shot by hunters in north-central, central and southeastern Minnesota this fall, and officials say...
Even kids under 1 years old were getting hunting licenses