Category: Fishing and Hunting
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WILD THINGS: Bring Back Deer Tags?
Wisconsin deer hunters have seen more regulation changes in the past decade than at any other time period in history. Some of those resulted in a loss of time-honored traditions, not to mention a big drop in income for hundreds of businesses that registered the thousands of deer brought in by hunters each fall. In […]
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Wild Things: ‘Bow’ Deer Hunt Extended to Jan. 31
Hunters in all or parts of 31 Wisconsin counties can target whitetails through the end of January, thanks to an extended bow and crossbow hunt. County Deer Advisory Councils (CDACs) had the option of whether or not to have the longer season, and could only do so if they had a holiday antlerless gun deer […]
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Door County Triathlon Named Best in Country This spring, USA Today readers named the Door County Triathlon the best in the country after six weeks of voting. A panel of experts had nominated 20 races for the vote, and the Door County event won over triathlons such as the Hawaii 70.3, the Chicago Triathlon and […]
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Sadly, nothing drives website traffic in Door County like a fire at a major business. This year was no different, as our most-viewed stories of the year all revolved around the fire at Rowleys Bay Resort and the ensuing decision by the owners to sell the property. On a positive note, that was the only […]
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Wild Things: Another Shot at Holiday Venison
If you’re a deer hunter who’s still looking for venison in 2023, you’ve got another shot coming up. Door, Kewaunee and Brown counties are among those participating in the antlerless-only holiday gun deer hunt Dec. 24-Jan. 1. That means blaze orange clothing is mandatory for all hunters during that span, except those after Canada geese. […]
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WILD THINGS: Winter’s Coming, But Only on Calendar
Winter is coming Thursday, Dec. 21, but only on the calendar. If the long-term forecast is accurate, those of us who love ice fishing, skating, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing or snowmobiling will need to be patient. Highs in the low 40s late this week and mid- to upper 30s the next seven days or so mean […]
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WILD THINGS: Early Ice Will Have to Wait
A weekend thaw and a chance for rain isn’t what anglers anxious for ice were wishing for, but there’s hope on the horizon. After last year’s near-bust of a season on Green Bay, hard-water fishermen were liking the colder nights during the gun deer hunt. By last weekend, in fact, there was already enough ice […]
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FWS Meeting With Sportsman’s Club Again About Pilot Island
For the second time this year, the Washington Island Sportsman’s Club will sit down with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over concerns it has with the current condition of Pilot Island. Sportsman’s Club member Rip Koken said the public meeting is set for Dec. 14 starting at 10 am in the Washington Island […]
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WILD THINGS: Deer Harvest Takes a Dip
If you didn’t bring home some venison during the gun deer season, you’re in good company. Based strictly on license sales and harvest, one might figure that about 380,000 hunters failed to get a deer. But since some hunters shoot multiple whitetails, it’s likely that well over 400,000 members of the blaze orange gang were […]
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WILD THINGS: Giving Thanks for the Outdoors
There’ll be plenty of leftovers after the hunt One of the hardest parts about being selective while hunting is answering the question, “Did you get your buck?” Those in the know understand that many hunters would rather take an antlerless deer than drop a young buck with its first or second rack, but it doesn’t […]
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Wild Things: Cooler Air Arrives For Gun Deer Hunt
Thousands of acres of corn could influence what hunters see – or don’t see – while on stand in fields and forests opening day of the gun deer hunting season Saturday. Statewide, about one-third of more than 3 million acres of corn planted for grain was still standing early this week. Locally, less than half […]
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Wild Things: Blaze Orange to Color the Woodlands
Wisconsin’s most anticipated opening morning – the November gun deer season – is just eight toss-and-turn nights away. While a far cry from its glory days of the 1990s when it attracted nearly 700,000 license-buying men, women and youths, the nine-day hunt is still the granddaddy of all, luring more than 550,000 people to dress […]
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Wild Things: Early Snow a Wakeup Call to Hunters
If there was any doubt that the gun deer hunting season was just over the next ridge, a surprise Halloween snowfall erased it. Whitetail fanatics love the white stuff, and while it wasn’t expected to last, bow and crossbow hunters on stand late Tuesday got an early treat to aid sightings and tracking. Through the […]
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Wild Things: Fruitful Harvest at Strawberry Creek
The Department of Natural Resources’ Strawberry Creek weir at Sturgeon Bay saw nearly 4,000 salmon handled this month. In six work days between Oct. 2 and Oct. 19, 3,942 Chinook salmon and 51 cohos were processed. An estimated 3.4 million-plus eggs were taken from 650 female Chinooks. The cohos were sorted for data only. After […]
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WILD THINGS: Deer Hunt Off To A Fast Start
One hundred seasons ago, in 1924, deer hunters using their favorite firearms tagged about 7,000 whitetails in the entire state of Wisconsin. In the past three decades, Door and Kewaunee County hunters alone have often combined to surpass that number. Further evidence in how much things have changed: by the end of this weekend, it’s […]
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WILD THINGS: Strawberry Creek Harvest Begins Oct. 2
Fall colors will be on full display at the Department of Natural Resources Strawberry Creek salmon spawning facility next week. Visitors can admire the mix of reds, oranges, yellows and greens on the foliage inside the 79.51-acre parcel of state property, but the real stars will be the bronze, copper and black-backed Chinooks, a far […]
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Wild Things: It’s Show Time for Fall Birds
Millions of birds are moving through and into Wisconsin from their summertime homes in Canada, an early start to the fall colors that’ll heat up in the coming weeks. The diversity of migrant birds, the distances some of them fly and their ability to navigate to their winter homes is hard to fathom. North winds […]
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Wild Things: Attack on the Shooting Sports?
The Biden Administration is receiving pushback on a plan that could withhold federal funding in schools that offer archery or hunter education programs. National Shooting Sports Foundation Senior Vice President for Government and Public Affairs Larry Keane said the decision to block millions of dollars of federal funding from scholastic programs that benefit youths is […]
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Wild Things: Tribes Get New Netting Agreement
Sport anglers object; coalition expected to appeal by KEVIN NAZE, [email protected], Peninsula Pulse contributor While Wisconsin commercial anglers continue to push for a small, experimental “study fishery” to scoop lake trout from Lake Michigan, a federal judge has approved an agreement that will allow Indigenous Michigan tribes to use gill nets in more places. Last […]
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Wild Things: Jorgenson Nets 1st Place in K/D
by Kevin Naze, [email protected], Peninsula Pulse contributor Month after derby ends, $80,000 payout announced It took a month longer than expected, but a record payout in the 41st annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament was announced this week. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Jorgenson of Washington Island earned the top prize of $15,000, a free mount of the catch […]