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% ...

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 ...

Hunters registered 50,435 wild turkeys in the 2024 Wisconsin spring turkey hunting season, 22% higher than the five-year average and fourth highest in state history, according to the Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

A tom turkey displays on a spring day. Weeklong wild turkey hunting seasons open Wednesday, April 17, in Minnesota and Wisconsin, running through May in both states. Minnesota licenses are unlimited.

MADISON (WKOW) -- Youth hunters can participate in a special turkey hunt before the statewide turkey opener later this month. The 2021 Youth Turkey Hunt in Wisconsin runs April 17 and 18. The ...