Fishing often becomes more challenging in the dog days of summer in Driftless Area streams. The heat, and in some years shallow water depths, often make it necessary to hunt for the deeper holes and areas of streams where trees and other growth along the stream...
So we headed up the hill under a twilighted sky, summiting around dusk and descending in the dark. I know this trail well. Each deadfall, tree root, and protruding rock fixed in my mind. But in the dark, things get misplaced. As two weeks ago when I tripped over a...
In Driftless Wisconsin, the New Year ushers in more than college football bowl games, New Year’s resolutions, and a new calendar on the wall. It welcomes winter. Winter arrived officially on December 22, yet with holiday shopping, giving, and celebrating, no one...
A fox dashes through the underbrush with his nose down, apparently late for a dinner appointment. A coyote stands perk-eared, listening for her next meal. A flock of turkeys parades across the frame like a crowd exiting a theater. And a doe and her yearling pose for...
Three baby raccoons hung from a nearby tree, clinging like ripe fruit from the branches. Riley never saw them. Momma had performed a “bait and switch” to protect her babies and Riley had taken the bait and missed the switch.Riley and I never lack for discovery on...
