The Wisconsin DNR has reminders for black bear and turkey hunters. The application deadline for the 2025 seasons is less than a week away. MADISON, Wis. - The application deadline for Wisconsin's 2025 ...

A recent finding could change the way tags are awarded to spring turkey hunters in Wisconsin. For many years the Department of Natural Resources has held a drawing in winter to allocate about 60% of ...

Hunters registered 49,759 wild turkeys in the 2024 Wisconsin spring turkey hunting season, according to preliminary data from the Department of Natural Resources. The total represents a 17% ...

The Dec. 10 Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting was filled with approvals of several proposed wildlife rules and ...

Slightly more than halfway through the 2025 Wisconsin spring wild turkey hunting season, hunters have registered 31,285 birds, about 7% fewer than the same time last year. This year's total includes ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Wednesday marks Opening Day for Wisconsin's spring turkey hunting season. As hunters take to the woods, Assistant Turkey and Pheasant Ecologist Alissa Kakatsch with Wisconsin's ...

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input as it begins a periodic process to revise the state's wild turkey management plan. Wisconsin's current turkey plan was adopted in 2015 and ...

MUKWONAGO – Bill Drexel of Fond du Lac is accustomed to early wake-up calls. The 88-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran spent two years in the active military, owned and operated a bakery, later worked ...

The Department of Natural Resources is planning to update the Wisconsin wild turkey management plan. The current document, titled "Ecology of Wild Turkeys in Wisconsin, A Plan for their Management," ...

Applications for the 2026 black bear and spring turkey hunting seasons are due by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10 The drawing for 2026 black bear harvest authorizations will occur in February. Turkey ...