May 11, 2001

Madison DNR secretary Darrell Bazzell believes that once the public knows the facts, Rep. John Gard’s proposal to split the DNR will fall on its face. Gard isn’t so sure that will happen, but the Peshtigo co-chairman of the Joint Finance Committee is interested to hear Bazzell testify at two upcoming hearings on the matter. …

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One of the biggest Mille Lacs ice fishing stories of the 2000-2001 winter has been the nice size of perch in the angler catch. Reports from around the lake following several weeks of ice fishing were that plenty of perch were good-sized often between 10 and 12 inches, with larger big bellied females not uncommon.

Special buck applications are due by May 11 and all elk applications must be postmarked on or before Friday, May 18. Also available now are applications for nonresident small game and paddlefish. Resident archery deer, East River archery antelope and all bighorn sheep and mountain goat applications are due no later than Friday, June 1.

June 9: Women in the Outdoors – Door Dusters, is holding a Women’s Outdoor Educational Program at the Luxemburg Sportsmen’s Club from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Patti at 920-825-7598 for details.

Contributing Editor “Get a bird?” asked B.J. Will, as I checked out of the Blue Roof Motel in Durand. “Not yet,” I admitted. “The guy in Number 10 got a 23-pounder yesterday, and his wife shot a 25-pound something-ouncer this morning,” she said. Champion turkey call carver Dave Constantine’s wife Nancy also shot a tom

Eau Claire, Wis. A 400-pound male bear that ambled into Eau Claire the evening of April 20, eventually winding up at the Midelfort/Mayo Clinic off Clairemont Ave., has been moved and released. The bear walked through backyards apparently unable to find a way back to the forest south of town. After wandering behind houses it