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Illinois research shedding light on what makes muskies tick

More than 94,000 muskies were stocked in Illinois lakes last year, setting up wild calculations of how many of them will someday be caught. Using a fisherman’s proverb that claims muskies are the “fish of 10,000 casts,” math would suggest it would take nearly 1 billion – that’s billion with a “b” –  casts to ...

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Open-water duck hunting rule kicked back to public by Wisconsin Natural Resources Board

Wisconsin’s duck and goose hunters now know the potential hunting season regulations for the next five years; yet unknown is what the regulation framework from ...
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Commentary: Why Michigan’s proposed one buck bag limit won’t work in the UP

A graph compiled by Michigan DNR wildlife biologist David Jentoft that he shared with the Natural Resources Commission at their April meeting clearly shows why ...
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Battle over hunting, fishing license fees heating up in Michigan

A Michigan lawmaker who said he disagrees with DNR Director Scott Bowen on many things – including the belief the state’s hunters and anglers are ...
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