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3 weeks ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
Catnip is described as a plant that brings out playful and euphoric behavior in cats. I know Newman and Riley, two of our long-gone cats, would do their version of cat gymnastics after an exposure. For me, a turkey gobbling on a spring morning has the same effect. The only difference is instead of doing somersaults, I’m likely to belly crawl like a reptile to close the distance.
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
There’s a new critter in the outdoors these days and it’s a lot scarier than the wolves and bears that call Wisconsin home. This one can have life-changing impacts, as I learned on a recent fishing trip on Lake Superior. The first sign of the impacts from this new threat was when the retired forester and avid outdoorsman running the boat declined a piece of venison jerky. kAm“x 42?’E 62E C65 >62E 2?J>@C6[” :D H92E 96 D2:5] “x H2D 3:EE6?
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1 month ago | 
leadertelegram.com | Dave Zeug
There’s a new critter in the outdoors these days and it’s a lot scarier than the wolves and bears that call Wisconsin home. This one can have life-changing impacts, as I learned on a recent fishing trip on Lake Superior. The first sign of the impacts from this new threat was when the retired forester and avid outdoorsman running the boat declined a piece of venison jerky. kAm“x 42?’E 62E C65 >62E 2?J>@C6[” :D H92E 96 D2:5] “x H2D 3:EE6?
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
There’s a new critter in the outdoors these days and it’s a lot scarier than the wolves and bears that call Wisconsin home. This one can have life-changing impacts, as I learned on a recent fishing trip on Lake Superior. kAm%96 7:CDE D:8? @7 E96 :>A24ED 7C@> E9:D ?6H E9C62E H2D H96? E96 C6E:C65 7@C6DE6C 2?5 2G:5 @FE5@@CD>2? CF??:?8 E96 3@2E 564=:?65 2 A:646 @7 G6?:D@? ;6C<J]k^AmkAm“x 42?’E 62E C65 >62E 2?J>@C6[” :D H92E 96 D2:5] “x H2D 3:EE6?
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
SHELL LAKE — The ability of small towns to thrive these days can be a challenge. A sense of community and small-town values goes a long way. So does scenic beauty, but the key ingredient is citizens committed to making this happen. The Shell Lake Arts Center (SLAC) and their Board of Directors are a good example of this.
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1 month ago | 
outdoornews.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.
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
SHELL LAKE — The Shell Lake Lions Club will be having their 13th-annual Triathlon on Saturday, July 26, this year, and there’s e a new chairman for the event. After 12 years of being co-chairmen of the event, Lions members Gene Harrington and Jim Meyer are turning the reins over to Dan Rayman, another club member. “Gene and Jim have done an amazing job; they’re the unsung heroes that got the event to this point,” said Raymon.
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1 month ago | 
outdoornews.com | Dave Zeug
A degree of political backlash or reprisal seems to have crept into the election of Washburn County Conservation Congress delegates during the April 14 spring hearings, with the focus apparently on long-serving delegate Joe Weiss. The Conservation Congress, founded in 1937, is the only statutory body in Wisconsin where citizens elect delegates to advise the DNR and the Natural Resources Board on natural resource management.
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
SPOONER — The deer standing outside the DNR’s office door as the County Deer Advisory Committee’s (CDAC) meeting wrapped up looked like they were waiting to hear what their future held. Being deep in the City of Spooner, they were also told the story of how robust a population there is now in southern Washburn County. The general consensus among the CDAC members and the public attending was the importance of trying to control the population and giving hunters more opportunity.
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1 month ago | 
apg-wi.com | Dave Zeug
Recent reports about harassment of tribal spear fishermen exerting their treaty rights brought memories of the spring of 1988. Those of a certain age will remember that time as “the walleye wars.” During that difficult spring many years ago, conservation wardens were rotated north to provide on-water protection for tribal spearers. It was a difficult role reversal for wardens who’d always protected those vulnerable spawning walleyes, not those pursuing them.
