Dave Zeug

2 days ago | apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug

SPOONER — The political unrest that’s infiltrating the nation appears to have penetrated the halls of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress. The institution, founded in 1937, is the only statutory body in the state where citizens elect delegates to advise both the DNR and the Natural Resources Board on their management of natural resources.

2 days ago | outdoornews.com | Dave Zeug

If deer are the primary workload for Wisconsin DNR game wardens in November, fish likely fill that role in April, but the recent spate of wildfires jarred loose a memory of a different workload during a dry spring in Jackson County’s sand country over 35 years ago. A warden’s role during fire season centered on origin investigations and that April was an unforgettable one. Unattended debris or campfires were common causes. Rarely, but sometimes, it was arson.

5 days ago | apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug

A passion for the outdoors runs deep in the Bontekoe family. With the help of a well-worn Mossberg bolt action .410 shotgun passed down through four generations to 8-year-old Carter Bontekoe, that passion will run deep into another generation. “My dad passed the gun down to Carter after my son Bob used it when he was a kid. I know my dad would be thrilled knowing his great-grandson is keeping the hunting tradition alive.

5 days ago | apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug

A passion for the outdoors runs deep in the Bontekoe family. With the help of a well-worn Mossberg bolt action .410 shotgun passed down through four generations to 8-year-old Carter Bontekoe, that passion will run deep into another generation. “My dad passed the gun down to Carter after my son Bob used it when he was a kid," said Carter’s grandfather Jeff. "I know my dad would be thrilled knowing his great-grandson is keeping the hunting tradition alive.

1 week ago | apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug

BRULE — Expectations were high the evening before opening day on the Brule River. “I think I can smell ‘em,” said the guy standing on the bridge next to me as we watched the river slip by. For the record, as I’m sure you know, this is an exaggeration. You can’t smell steelhead coming up the river for their spring spawning run, but after 60-plus years of playing with these fascinating fish, I knew what he meant.