Ted Peck's dad will be gone 25 years this September, but Ted still thinks of him at least five times a week—usually when hunting or fishing.

June is here. Hot weather is part of the package. This reality is easier to accept after one last foray to the cool, blue north, Outdoors columnist Ted Peck writes.

A stray dog wandered into outdoors columnist Ted Peck's workshop last weekend.

There is no better time to get a kid hooked on fishing and away from electronic distraction, Outdoors columnist Ted Peck writes. This easy fishin' opportunity will swim away Wednesday.

The crappie bite is on fire now all over Wisconsin as papermouth slabs move into the shallows for their annual spawning rendezvous.

For Outdoors columnist Ted Peck, birthdays and other such events are prime time for hunting and fishing.

For the first time in three years, the Mississippi is flowing at normal summer pool levels—for July. But its only mid-May. Fish don't seem concerned. They are fish, doing what fish do: feeding like crazy because of nearly ideal conditions for chowing down. The only missing component in this erstwhile fishing bonanza is human. Since the general fishing season opened last weekend, anglers have been staying away from the river in droves.

With so many opening-weekend fishing options to choose from in Wisconsin, the angst of a blind dog trapped in a meat market is easier to understand.

The goal for most of us is catching fish and avoiding the crowd. Unfortunately, when you launch ...

Fishing guides from across the state share their plans for the start of the general fishing season, which is 12:01 a.m. Saturday.

Turkey hunting strategies are a study in evolution. My philosophy has changed at least 30 times over the past 30 years of hunting these beautiful, ugly creatures.