Pierre, S.D. (AP) – The state Game, Fish and Parks Department has drawn up a five-year management plan for pheasants that puts special emphasis on protecting and developing habitat. Other goals involve research, providing places to hunt, and educating the public about pheasants. The fall hunting season has drawn well over 150,000 hunters in recent …
Springfield – Extra days to hunt may have catapulted the 2009-10 deer harvest above last year’s total. According to DNR, a total of 189,277 deer were taken during all seasons. The campaign, which began with archery season on Oct. 1, came to a close on Jan. 17 with the end of archery, late-winter and Special
Madison, Wis. (AP) – State wildlife officials say hunters as young as 10 will be allowed to participate in a youth turkey hunt this spring. The state Department of Natural Resources says the move is part of the Mentored Hunting Program that went into effect last fall. Under the program, kids between the ages of
Madison – A rule that allows limits or bans on hunting, fishing, and trapping on public lands bought with taxpayer money received unanimous support from the seven-member Natural Resources Board on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The following day, one NRB member, John Welter, of Eau Claire, returned to the board’s continued meeting and asked for more
Gilbert, Minn. – A moose shed is a rare, treasured find among shed antler hunters. But a pair of antlers? How about two pairs, still attached to the bodies of deceased bulls, and locked together? Tim Bradach, a 32-year veteran police officer in Gilbert, usually tries to begin his search for moose sheds in early
Springfield – A national report on the status of states’ deer herds reveals that Illinois does not rank among the best in the Midwest. It didn’t even make the top 5. Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin fill out the top spots in the 2010 whitetail report by the Quality Deer Management Association. The annual
Feb. 5:_Waukesha County Conservation Alliance Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Olympia Resort & Hotel. For more info call Syd Herman, 262-542-3684. Feb. 6:_Wisconsin East WTU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., The Quilted Bear. For more info call 800-274-5471. Feb. 6:_Wisconsin North WTU Banquet, 4:30 p.m., Holiday Inn. For more info call 800-274-5471. Feb. 6:_Richland County Chapter DU Banquet, 5:30
Madison – The Natural Resources Board has given the DNR the board’s CWD report and has asked the DNR to come up with suggestions on how to better manage the disease. NRB CWD subcommittee chairman Dave Clausen said he’d like to see the DNR do more than just “monitor” the disease. Now the ball is
Madison – A letter to the Natural Resources Board from Sen. Russ Decker threw board members into a fervent discussion about the need for more deer research and the possibility of using federal money to pay for the research. Before coming to a conclusion, NRB members asked the board chair, Christine Thomas, to contact Decker,
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