July 5, 2002

July 6: North Freedom Rod & Gun Club, hosted by Glacier Valley Gobblers, outdoor photography, wild game cooking, shotgunning, muzzleloading, canoeing, ATV safety. Call: Deb Welsh, 608-643-3593. July 13: West Bend-Barton Sportsmen Club, hosted by Gateway Gobblers Chapter, turkey hunting & calling, trap shooting, archery, compass & orienteering, pistol shooting, outdoor cooking, rifle & black […]

July 20: 4th Annual Youth Day sponsored by the SE WI Branch QDMA. Activities include: airgun shooting, archery & muzzleloader demos. For more info call Wayne Ingham 262-628-4180. July 26-28: 2002 Cleveland Fishing Derby. For more info call Larry Dassler at 693-8201. Aug. 3-4: Village of Pleasant Prairie Park and Recreation Dept. 8th Annual Prairie

July 11: Bow Safety Hunter Classes at Neillsville Armory at 7 p.m. For more info call Todd Steward Sr. at 715-743-6694. July 11: Gun Safety Hunter Classes at Neillsville Armory at 7 p.m. For more info call Jim or Anne Filitz at 715-743-3041. July 14: Hunter education class begins, Nekoosa Public Library, Nekoosa. To register

Grand Rapids, Mich. U.S. federal Court Judge David McKeague in the Western District of Michigan dismissed a lawsuit on June 17 filed by the Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club against the U.S. Forest Service. The suit challenged how the agency manages aspen on national forests in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The dismissal, brought on

Howes, in his second term, serves on the House Environment and Natural Resources, and Environment and Natural Resources Finance committees.

Associate Editor St. Paul When bear hunters in Minnesota were informed they’d been selected as hunting permit recipients this year, they received other information, including a notice about all-terrain vehicle use when baiting and hunting bears. According to the notice, “Under new law, cross-country travel (with ATVs on managed’ forest) is prohibited, with a few

LAKE MILLE LACS East – The mud and deep gravel continue to produce numbers of walleyes throughout the day. Spinner rigs and live bait rigs tipped with crawlers or leeches are the way to go. The bite has been just as good during low-light periods of the day. Slip bobbers and leeches are your best

Associate Editor Washington, D.C. Wisconsin folks love to hunt. What you already knew has been made official in a survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Preliminary survey results show Wisconsin at No. 5 in the nation in number of people who hunt. Texas tops the list, with neighboring Michigan at No.

Editor Madison The Natural Resources Board’s June 25 action on CWD emergency rules was followed by quite a bit of confusion late last week over the baiting and feeding ban. The general public did not seem to know when the emergency rule, which includes the baiting and feeding ban, would begin, or how long it