Well, here’s something we never expected — Aaron Rodgers in an archery shop … shooting a compound bow? The former Green Bay Packers superstar QB spent 20 years in Wisconsin and never feigned interest in hunting or the shooting sports, but today we see him in a video released by Harrison Glaser (@NYJetsFTMedia) shooting a […]
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Wolves Occupy 63% of This State’s Landscape
Stunning new findings from a nonpartisan citizen group indicate gray wolves are roaming nearly two-thirds of a state that was once considered marginal home range for North America’s apex predator. In data released today, Wisconsin Citizen Wolf Count documents wolf sightings in 45 of the state’s 72 counties. Of these sightings, sets of data have […]
New Bill Aims to End Doe Hunting for 4 Years
After years of complaints from deer hunters about low herd numbers, lawmakers introduced a new bill that would prohibit killing antlerless deer.
3 Myths of Crossbow Inclusion
So, it appears Minnesota will join the modern deer hunting world by allowing crossbow usage in its general archery season. First blush is “good for them” for realizing we are all in this together and that crossbow hunting is just another way to keep people interested in enjoying outdoors recreation while at the same time […]
Which State Has the Most Deer?
We bet you will be surprised by some of these numbers! Deer & Deer Hunting has meticulously documented each state’s deer population and annual deer harvest every year since 1992. This wasn’t an easy job. It required weeks of phone calls and email phone tag with biologists from each of the 42 states with reportable […]
Groups Petition to Delist Great Lakes Wolves
With a combined population of more than 4,000 wolves, the numbers in these three states far exceed the quotas that deemed gray wolves as recovered. Today the Sportsmen’s Alliance, together with Michigan Bear Hunters Association, Upper Peninsula Bear Houndsmen Association and Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, filed a pair of petitions under the Endangered Species Act […]
CWD Not Affecting Human Health: Study
U.S. health researchers have reviewed 30 years of data from over 2 million hunters in Colorado and Wyoming, including thousands who hunted in CWD outbreak areas. According to a recent, excellent article by Lindsay Thomas Jr., the researchers saw no patterns of prion diseases (namely Creutzfeld-Jakob) above the normal background level in all Americans — […]
15 Counties in America That Might Lose Lots of Deer
This winter has been relatively mild across the United States, but if things don’t improve quickly, at least 10 counties in the Upper Great Lakes Region will begin losing white-tailed deer to winter kill. Few states experience the harsh affects of winter like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan when it comes to deer loses via starvation. […]
Hunter Almost Dies After Being Gored by Buck, Then Has to Pay a Fine
A Wisconsin crossbow hunter nearly died in January after being gored by a buck in freezing weather; then he was slapped with a fine.
Finders Keepers: Hunting With Wolves
A hunter gives his thoughts on hunting in the heavily wolf-populated areas of far northwestern Wisconsin.