December 7, 2001

In the game of steel shot waterfowl ammunition, pellet speed is accelerating. Where it will stop is anyone’s guess. This year Rochester was selected a one of several proving grounds when several very new and ultra hot goose loads were put to the test against the giant Canada geese. Hunting with my partner, Randy Gruhlke, …

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Feb. 9: Neillsville Bow Hunter Safety class at the Neillsville Gun Club. Registration starts Jan. 3, 2002. For more info call Todd Stenard, Sr. at 715-743-6694. Class limited to 25. March-April: Hunter Safety Class of 2002 will be held at the Mondovi Conservation Club Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7-8:45 p.m. Call 875-4519 for more

3 p.m. For more info call 262-673-6208. Feb. 2: 20th Annual Golden Rainbow Ice Fishing Contest in Forest Lake, MN sponsored by the Hopkins Jaycees. Tickets and info available on their website at www.forestlakeicefishing.com or call Jason Gadd at 952-903-4903

Associate Editor Washington, D.C. The comment period is under way regarding how best to control a double-crested cormorant population some state residents say is hurting the aquaculture business and depleting stocks of some game fish. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) last week released a draft Environmental Impact Statement that contains six possible options

Dec. 14: Camping Reservation Policy Forum, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in room 027 of the Natural Resources building at 101 S. Webster St., Madison. Contact David Benish at 608-264-8960. Dec. 26: Yahara Lakes Advisory Group, 6 p.m., at the Public Works Building behind the Alliant Energy Center, located off John Nolan Dr. & Rimrock

Dec. 9: Sheboygan Rifle & Pistol Club Gun Show at the Millhome Supper Club from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Public invited. Cost: $2. For more info call B.J.’s at 920-458-3247 or Peter Mayr at 920-452-1757. Jan. 12-13: Mosquito Hill Nature Center Snowshoe building workshop. Cost $150 per person or $140 for Friends of Mosquito

Madison When the DNR Bureau of Law Enforcement files its deer season report with the Natural Resources Board, the firearm fatality death toll will remain at seven, despite the fact that a Clark County accident is now being treated as a homicide. “Until we have the facts to determine that it was something other than