Patrick Durkin
Wisconsin Hunter Gored by Buck Gets Fined for Illegal Baiting
A crossbow hunter who nearly died in early January after getting gored by a wounded buck he was tracking has paid $343.50 in fines for...
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Patrick Durkin
Mar 26, 20225 min read
Wisconsin's Conservation Hall of Fame to Induct Three Legends
This year’s three inductees to the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame impressed friend and foe alike by eagerly and respectfully working...
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Patrick Durkin
Mar 20, 20225 min read
Board Chair Asks Worst Question for Spring Hearings
Those serving on Wisconsin’s seven-member Natural Resources Board enjoy the perk of submitting questions for citizen review at the...
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Patrick Durkin
Mar 12, 20224 min read
Old Skis, Rebuilt Shanty Highlight Icefishing Season
After sliding my old golf clubs into the truck’s back seat with my ancient downhill skis last spring, I silently thanked them for their...
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Patrick Durkin
Mar 5, 20224 min read
Big Perch Lure Wisconsin Couple to Idaho’s Lake Cascade
CASCADE, Idaho — Pioneers gave up home and family to head west for new lives and fertile land in the 1800s. Chris and Jessie Weber, both...
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Patrick Durkin
Feb 27, 20225 min read
Here’s How Gov. Evers Can Boldly Pummel Hunter Nation
Remember those 13 hunting and fishing bills unveiled Oct. 13 at the Capitol with hoopla, hollow talk and countless selfies as part of the...
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Patrick Durkin
Feb 18, 20224 min read
College Player Builds Custom Rods for Hardwater Anglers
At 6-foot-4 and a lean 240 pounds, Joe Swanson fits the profile of a college football tight end. Swanson, a 22-year-old senior at the...
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Patrick Durkin
Feb 9, 20224 min read
Winter Getaways Fortify Friendships, Gratitude
Skeptics question whether ice anglers really need to drill a score of holes before bouncing between them like a trick-or-treater, their...
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Patrick Durkin
Feb 4, 20224 min read
Clear Water, More Perch Spark Conflict on the Mississippi
The caller wasn’t disguising his irritation for airboats, noise pollution, fishing guides, fishing tournaments, underwater cameras,...
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Patrick Durkin
Feb 3, 20224 min read
If Few Care About CWD, Why do Top Podcasts Discuss It?
Reprinted from Aug. 19, 2018 Wildlife agencies are forever printing brochures, updating websites and cranking out press releases to...
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Patrick Durkin
Jan 30, 20225 min read
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Elects its Jester
If a meteor were to strike Earth tomorrow, and a coyote and Greg Kazmierski were the only survivors to crawl from the rubble, who would...
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Patrick Durkin
Jan 23, 20225 min read
Time to Update Wisconsin’s Deer Season Schedule
It’s hard to look at Wisconsin’s 2021 deer season results and not picture some old guy trying to squeeze into his long-forsaken Army...
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Patrick Durkin
Jan 16, 20225 min read
Wisconsin Lawmakers: End the Frolic with ‘Hunter Nation’
Wisconsin this month fortified its standing as the capital of the world for chronic wasting disease by verifying the plague in wild deer...
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Patrick Durkin
Jan 8, 20225 min read
Many Birdfeeders Later, Truce Declared with Squirrels
Soon after man invented birdfeed, he invented birdfeeders. And he’s been scheming how to keep squirrels off his feeders ever since. That...
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Patrick Durkin
Jan 1, 20224 min read
2 Shots, 2 Deer and 0 Turkeys as Gun Seasons End
Fresh turkey tracks in my cousin’s field of corn stubble made me consider multi-tasking last week as I planned my final 2021 deer hunt...
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Patrick Durkin
Dec 23, 20215 min read
Woodlots Soon Reclaim the Marks of Bucks and Men
Fifteen years have passed since my daughter Leah was last a regular hunter at our cousins’ 200-acre farm in Richland County. I thought...
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Patrick Durkin
Dec 18, 20214 min read
Beaver Dam Tip-Ups Deliver Lifelong Fishing Fun
My prized fishing gear includes a dozen Mitchell 300 reels, trays of paint-chipped Dardevles, and my grandfather’s wooden Tronick Tackler...
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Patrick Durkin
Dec 12, 20214 min read
CWD’s Impact: Killing Tomorrow’s Trophies Today
Not many years ago, Doug Duren often handed out ballcaps with “N.B.N.Y.” embroidered up front. The initials stood for Nice Buck Next...
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Patrick Durkin
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Holiday Gifts Can Help Equip, Organize Hunters and Anglers
My wife and I moved from Waupaca to Eau Claire a year ago, which required packing all my hunting and fishing gear into a new home and...
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Patrick Durkin
Nov 28, 20214 min read
Deer Season Still Delivers High-Quality Memories
My oldest daughter, Leah, hunted deer with me for the first time since 2014. A good friend, Tom Heberlein, saw deer from his favorite...
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