Family-Outdoors

Elk Drawing This year, DNR allowed 3 permits to be drawn for the herd that currently numbers in the hundreds state wide.  Other permits are/were offered via treaty with Indigenous tribes as well as one raffle through the RMEF. An Old Bird A common tern in Wisconsin was aged at 26 years old.How do they know? Well, it was banded as a chick in 1995! Read about this here...  https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/wnrmag/2018/Summer/Terns Sharp-Tailed Grouse News Not great as the season is closed through the Fall. Numbers are down and DNR is aggressively managing to improve the situation.  If you'd like to read more about these beautiful birds and Wisconsin DNR management efforts follow this link...  https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/hunt/sharptailgrouse.html Songbird Illnesses Across several states including Wisconsin, songbirds have been experiencing some sort of disease. Recently, we reported on Indiana DNR guidance advising folks to suspend bird feeding. For more info or to report s...

August 1 is an important deadline for fall hunters and trappers pursuing wild turkey, sharp-tailed grouse, bobcat, fisher and otter. Permit applications for fall hunting can be purchased for $3 ($6 for bobcat applications) online at  gowild.wi.gov , at  Department of Natural Resources service centers , and at all  license agents . License sales are no longer available by phone, but the live operators at the DNR Call Center can help answer any questions hunters may have about the permit application process. The Call Center is available from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, and can be reached at 888-WDNR-INFo (1-888-936-7463). 2016 Fall Season Dates Fall wild turkey Zones 1-5: Sept. 17 through Dec. 31 Zones 6 & 7: Sept. 17 through Nov. 18 Sharp-tailed grouse: Oct. 15 through Nov. 6 Bobcat hunting and trapping: Period 1: Oct. 15 through Dec. 25 Period 2: Dec. 26 through Jan. 31, 2017 Fisher (trapping only): Oct. 15 through Dec. 31 Otter (tra...