September 10, 2004

Editor Waupaca, Wis. After years of touting decreased hunting accident rates because of mandatory hunter safety education, it may sound odd that a committee is now suggesting Wisconsin waive hunter safety  for just one year as a means of attracting new hunters. Here’s how the idea would work: First-time hunters could buy a license, either […]

Schara’s resume for the award includes founding the state’s National Wild Turkey Federation chapter, helping Outdoor News and Pheasants Forever raise $240,000 to purchase a 700-acre wildlife management area, and creating the successful “Cast a Ways for Kids” program, which refurbished rods and reels and donated them to kids. Voting for the Budweiser conservationist of

Minnesota opens first mourning dove season in 58 years Associated Press Glenwood, Minn. Minnesota’s first mourning-dove season in 58 years opened Wednesday, and Hugh Price was among those hunting in the fields near Glenwood. For Price, it was a matter of reacquainting himself with a time-honored Southern tradition, but for others, dressed head to toe

Featured this year are Jerry Raedeke, well-known wildlife artist, and demonstrations by members of the University of Minnesota Raptor Center. There also will be archery and blackpowder shoots, raffles, and games for kids. Special seminars also will be available. Admission is free, but adults are urged to buy two raffle tickets. The event is sponsored

Contributing Writer Unlike the Hungarian partridge and pheasant, the sharp-tailed grouse is a native bird that is holding its own in many parts of the country, including Minnesota. A medium-sized game bird, the sharptail is most often taken by hunters in northwestern Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Montana. For those looking to get a jumpstart on

Correspondent Algoma, Wis. Three decades ago, Algoma was known as the “Coho Capital” of Wisconsin. Then chinook salmon began to fill the coolers, and the best coho fishing headed south. Today, the city located within a Paul Bunyan cast of the Door County Peninsula not only has led the state in the combined charter and

Oct. 16: Adell Sportsmens Club Brat Fry, 10-4 p.m. Adell Ball Park, Adell WI. Annual opening day of Pheasant season. For more info call Jeff Bichler, 920-994-9369. Nov. 6-7: Buckhorn State Park (Wisc. DNR) Youth Deer Hunt. For more info call Joe Stecker-Kolmanski, 608-565-2789.

NORTHEAST METRO Walleye action has improved on Bald Eagle Lake, Rush Lake, and Big Marine Lake in 15 to 20 feet of water. Minnows are now working best. Look for nice sunfish on Lake Peltier and Big Marine in 12 to 14 feet of water. Northern pike have been tough to find but muskies are