November 22, 2002

Raccoon n Resident gun/trapping, Oct. 19 – Jan. 31. Non-resident Gun, Nov. 2 – Jan. 31 Fox (all species) n Northern Zone, Oct. 19 – Feb. 15; Southern Zone, Oct. 26 – Feb. 15 Opossum, skunk, weasel, and snowshoe hare No season limits, bag limits, size limits, or possession limits. Coyote n Hunting: Continuous open […]

Oestreicher said that some of the political questions are now in uncharted waters. Since two current board members are confirmed, and the terms of two more will expire in May, it’s unknown whether Gov. McCallum can fill Cathy Stepp’s position once she resigns. Another unknown is whether the Republican-controlled Senate could go into special session

Editor Arena, Wis. An unusual sighting by two deer hunters in the CWD Intensive Harvest Zone on Oct. 29 helped alert a neighboring landowner that two large bucks were not only on his property, but they were locked together in a death grip. Kevin Wallenfang of Middleton and outdoors writer Jim Zumbo were hunting on

Tom Hauge, director of wildlife management for the Wisconsin DNR, says the state is ready to test up to 50,000 deer as part of an effort to determine where chronic wasting disease is present in the state. Hauge said the success of the effort will depend on how readily hunters voluntarily submit their deer for

Milwaukee n Since 1982, law-abiding hunters have been able to play a part in protecting Wisconsin’s natural resources by reporting poachers, polluters and other people who don’t play by the rules that’s when the DNR created its toll-free hotline: (800) TIP-WDNR. “With only about two wardens for every county, we saw this as a way

When Ben Johnson, a young man from right here in Byron, Minn., where I live shot a mule deer buck while bowhunting during the first week of November, it caused quite a stir around these parts. Old timers could remember one other mule deer being shot out around Douglas sometime back in the 1950s, although