The jury is still out on whether the adage that fall is the best time to catch trophy muskies is true, but the old saying does carry enough weight to send scores of musky hunters out and about as autumn winds blow in...

Fall trout and salmon runs up Lake Michigan tributaries are trophy time for anglers and a great time for everyone else to see these big fish up-close at the state egg collection facilities critical to continued fantastic fishing on the big pond...

Cooler temperatures and northwesterly winds have accelerated bird migrations across the state. The warbler migration is at peak statewide with birders reporting as many as 20 species in a single outing. Water levels at Horicon Marsh are at full pool due to the recent rains. A great variety of ducks are beginning to show up on Horicon Marsh. The first migrant Canada geese commonly return to Horicon around the Sept. 15, with peak numbers building up by late October. ..

A sure sign of autumn’s approach is the opening of several major hunting seasons this weekend, including fall turkey, the early archery deer season, ruffed grouse, cottontail rabbit and squirrel...

People interested in hands-on tips to improve their outdoor photography skills can attend a two-day course this October at the Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center near Babcock...

The up to 200,000 Canada geese that migrate through Horicon Marsh each fall attract an estimated half a million visitors, but these migratory geese are just one of the attractions that have earned the marsh designation as both a “Wetland of International Importance” and a “Globally Important Bird Area.”

Over the past four years, state fisheries managers have been able to dedicate more than $10 million to maintain and enhance the salmon and trout fisheries in Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and their tributaries with more than half of the funding coming from the stamps anglers purchase to fish the Great Lakes...

Deer hunters who hunt over bait should review Wisconsin’s deer baiting and feeding rules prior to deer hunting, according to state wildlife managers and conservation wardens...

Interest in pursuing the “timberdoodle,” as woodcock is also known, throughout the forests of Wisconsin remains high with more than 19,000 woodcock hunters spending 72,000 days in the field in 2006, according to federal harvest surveys. Wisconsin ranks second in the nation for woodcock harvest at almost 43,000 birds...

Duck hunters will enjoy a full 60-day hunting season in Wisconsin and again have expanded shooting hours when the duck season opens in the Northern Zone on Sept. 22. The season opens at 9 a.m. instead of noon as in previous years...