Staff Report Madison — When the 2005 archery deer season opens on Saturday, Sept. 17, bowhunters should be perched on the threshold of some pretty good hunting opportunities and a pre-hunt deer herd estimated at 1.7 million, according to Keith Warnke, DNR deer ecologist. However, Warnke said he does not expect bowhunters to set new […]
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Staff report Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — In what environmentalists hailed as a major victory, a federal judge last month ordered the Bush administration to step up efforts to restore the gray wolf to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. “The wolves are howlin’” in celebration, Patrick Parenteau, director of the environmental law clinic at
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By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Enforcement airplane crashes St. Paul – The Minnesota DNR’s Enforcement Division announced this week that 20 of its officers have been deployed to a hurricane-ravaged area of Louisiana to do “anything and everything that can be done,” said Rich Sprouse, public information officer. Ten squads (two officers each) and 10
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Staff Report Madison — Archers hunting deer in CWD zones this fall will not be restricted by earn-a-buck requirements early in the 2005 bow season. Earn-a-buck rules have been relaxed this year, and bowhunters in CWD units will be able to shoot a deer of either sex when the bow season opens statewide on Saturday,
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By Robert Imrie Associated Press Hayward, Wis. (AP) – In the northwestern Wisconsin town that was home to six deer hunters killed during a confrontation over trespassing, many folks wonder why the murder trial for a Hmong immigrant is needed and whether they will get justice. “The guy admitted he shot people in the back,”
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By Brad Sisson Contributing Writer Albany — A flaw in the DEC Automated Licensing System (DECALS) is costing some hunters their chance at obtaining a second Deer Management Permit (DMP) for the upcoming season. The problem stems from an oversight that lets hunters apply for DMPs in areas where they have no chance of getting
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By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — Bowhunters and Conservation Congress Big Game Committee members have been asking for some way to “pre-qualify” for an earn-a-buck (EAB) sticker for about three years. With any support at 10 October deer hearings, those hunters will see that process begin in 2005. DNR deer ecologist Keith Warnke has been
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Burnett County vet warns of timber wolf problems By Tim Eisele Correspondent Spooner, Wis. — The Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved public hearings, to be held in October, that could lead to an increase in the sportfish daily bag limit of perch in Green Bay from 10 to 25 while also increasing the commercial harvest
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