August 1, 2003

Correspondent Madison This year, hunters have until Aug. 11 to apply for fall turkey permits because the normal deadline of Aug. 10 falls on a Sunday. At a meeting at the Sandhill Wildlife Area in Babcock in June, the DNR Turkey Advisory Committee finalized the number of turkey hunting permits to issue for this fall’s […]

Aug. 7: Valley Chapter, of WWA, 18th Annual Banquet, Darboy Club in Appleton. 5:30 p.m. Call Jim Rogers at 920-886-6595 for more info. Aug. 7: The Central Wisconsin Struttin’ Toms Chapter of NWTF 14th Annual Super Fund Membership Banquet, Blue Top Supper Club, Stevens Point. For more info call Scott Stankowski, 715-345-9984. Aug. 14: The

Aug. 9: Miller Dam Lake Assoc. Sports Show featuring Tom Knapp the shooting star. 9-5 p.m. at Big Rock Hunting Preserve located in Taylor County. For more info call Mudgett’s Sports Shop, 715-668-5674 Aug. 14-17: Racine Boat Show, Reefpoint Marina, Racine, 847-731-5100, www.racineboatandrvshow.com. Cost: Adults $7, Kids ages 6-12 $2. Feb. 6-8, 2004: Milwaukee Musky

The remaining licenses will first be made available to unsuccessful applicants beginning at noon on Monday, Aug. 4. There were only 1,457 unsuccessful applicants, leaving a minimum of 3,687 licenses available for non-applicants. Beginning at noon on Aug. 11, all remaining licenses will be made available to anyone. Surplus licenses will be available at any

Contributing Editor Whitetails are creatures of habit. They have home territories of several hundred acres or several square miles, depending on the terrain and availability of food, and for most of the year they stay in those territories. In farm country, where food is everywhere and cover is scarce, a buck might live out his

Baraboo, Wis. Former U.S. Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and Jack Williams of Southern Oregon University will discuss their new book, From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy, Monday, Aug. 4 at the Aldo Leopold Shack. The free event is sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Williams serves

Associate Editor Minneapolis Duck hunters in Minnesota killed more than 944,000 birds in 2002, the second highest harvest in the Mississippi Flyway, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week. Only Arkansas, with an estimated harvest of 1.14 million birds, took more. The increase in Minnesota marks the third

DNR Reports St. Paul This fall, big game hunters will need to take additional steps prior to bringing deer, elk, moose or caribou carcasses into Minnesota from other states or provinces, according to the DNR. The state’s new law kicks into effect Aug. 1 and bans the importation of whole cervid carcasses into the state.