Hunting

The state Department of Natural Resources is seeing a continued aging of the hunting population, while the overall deer population keeps growing.

As hunters flock to the woods for gun deer season, their days will be steeped in tradition and contemplation. For writer and forester Ron Weber, this time has always been about more than the hunt. It’s about appreciating the world and memories swirling around him.

Under the bill, Wisconsin hunters would have the opportunity to hunt sandhill cranes, pending federal approval.

As grills fire up along Wisconsin Avenue and hunters stream into town, Tomahawk’s annual venison feed offers the unmistakable feel of opening weekend up north.

For more than a decade, Jay Barthuly has been bringing veterans — some of whom also have disabilities — out to an elk hunting trip in Montana. And he’s done a lot of it on his own dime.

Well into Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunting season, WPR’s Larry Meiller sat down with the DNR’s Taylor Finger to talk about waterfowl conservation.

Hunters in Wisconsin killed 3,724 bears during the 2025 bear season, roughly on par with the state’s annual five-year average. That’s according to preliminary data from the state Department of Natural Resources.

The state Senate’s sporting heritage committee is weighing whether to approve, deny or request changes to wolf harvest regulations developed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Federal wildlife regulators have denied petitions submitted by hunting groups that sought to remove or reduce protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and West Coast states.

A committee studying management of the state’s growing sandhill crane population is recommending a bill that would allow hunting the birds and provide aid for corn growers experiencing damage from them.