August 15, 2003

Retaliation: Is it time for Minnesota to strike back? By Shawn Perich Field Editor St. Paul The steady stream of North Dakota traffic travelling to and from western Minnesota’s lake country has not gone unnoticed by Minnesota hunters feeling the sting of North Dakota’s new nonresident restrictions. North Dakota may have the birds that attract …

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Lake Christina, once one of North America’s finest canvasback lakes, is back in the news. Christina is 25 miles northwest of Alexandria immediately east of I-94. Once filled with sago, wild celery, and other duck food, for the second time in recent years it is overrun with carp and bullheads that root in the soft

Aug. 17: Oakland Conservation Club Annual Picnic. Live Music, food and refreshments, trap shoot, door prizes, cash raffle. For more info call 608-423-3920 or 920-563-9194. Aug. 17: Brillion Nature Center Corn Roast, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Burgers and Brats too! Call David at 920-756-3591 for more info. Aug. 21: Bonduel Conservation Club is having

Aug. 16: Big Bucks Bass Tournament on Lake Winneconne. $150 entry fee, 100 percent payback. For more information call 815-338-2010. Sept. 7: Big Bucks Tournament on Lake Geneva. $150 entry fee. 100 percent pay back plus a chance to win a fully rigged boat in the Championship event. For more information call 815-338-2010 Sept. 12-14:

Game Fair’s lineup includes dog events, archery shoots, shotgun shooting, and games for kids. There’s also a full slate of seminars featuring some of the best in outdoors sports. Notables include Kyle Thompson, of Prairie Land Management; Al Freiberg on retriever training; Mike Foster on elk hunting; and Mike Antonson on black bear hunting. Admission

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Four Door County men and three juveniles racked up $20,546 in fines, 18 years worth of license revocation, 395 days of jail time, and the forced sale of one truck because they used pickup trucks to intentionally whack, smack, and stack at least 30 deer along county roadways. Although most of the

Reil, a graduate of Bemidji State University, worked with the DNR as the Northwest Region information and education officer from 1987 to 2003, where he directed media relations and provided public information on DNR programs and projects. Reil is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ellen Hagen, of Bemidji, a daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, and brother.

outagamie.wi.us/park/MH-home.html Now – Aug. 31: Thousands of Flights Daily, Butterfly House, Every Wed., Sat. & Sun. 11-3 p.m. $1 donation per person. Sept. 6: The Magic of Mushrooms, 1-3 p.m. Register by Sept. 2. Sept. 6: Evening Prairie Walk, 6:30-8 p.m. Register by Sept. 2. Sept. 12: Don & Lillian Stokes Featured i Fenlon Memorial

August 21: Germantown Gobblers NWTF Banquet at Kuhligan’s Union State, Germantown. Live and Silent Auctions, raffles, guns and wildlife art. For ticket information call Nick at 262-502-9005 or Jason at 262-628-9947. Aug. 23: 16th Annual Dunn County Fish & Game Conservation Fall Banquet, Club House, Menomonie 5:30 p.m. For more info call Jon Thompson, 715-235-9211