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Wisconsin’s recent trend in rooster numbers best in years

Spring surveys showed an increasing trend for pheasants, especially in northwest Wisconsin. Chris Pollentier, DNR research scientist, reported at the July 1 meeting of the ...
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Wisconsin’s recent trend in rooster numbers best in years

Spring surveys showed an increasing trend for pheasants, especially in northwest Wisconsin. Chris Pollentier, DNR research scientist, reported at the July 1 meeting of the DNR Pheasant Advisory Committee, that pheasant observations were above the five-year average for the second consecutive year. “This last year the pheasant survey results were well above what we’ve seen ...

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Joint Finance Committee eliminates hunting, fishing license fee hikes in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's hunters, trappers, and anglers will likely have mixed reactions to the new state budget that was hurriedly put together by the Legislature’s Joint Finance ...
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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission is once again at the center of a heated debate over mountain lion management, as the group ...
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