October 31, 2016
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves third phase of Wisconsin legislature’s 10,000-acre DNR land sale
Some Wisconsin sportsmen still resistant to the idea of selling off public land that could be used for hunting, trapping and fishing
Deer hunters top 21,000 kill mark for season
Hunters had killed about 5,000 more at this time last year
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Alligator gar may assist in fight against Asian carp
Chicago, Ill. (AP) — It’s a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fish that plied U.S. waters from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois until it disappeared from many states a half-century ago. Persecuted by anglers and deprived of places to spawn, the alligator
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MN DNR agrees to allow bands to kill 10 more moose
St. Paul — The Minnesota DNR has granted a special permit that will allow two Chippewa tribes to each take five moose before year’s end. The move could bring the total number of moose killed by tribal hunters in northeastern Minnesota to 38, ending a three-year moratorium on the beleaguered species, which was estimated last
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Cornell, DEC get $4.8M to track wildlife diseases
Program renewed for next five years; funding increased
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Last of Iowa poachers in case pleads guilty
Iowa DNR Report Fort Dodge, Iowa — A nine-month investigation into deer and turkey poaching in Webster County (Iowa) was closed Oct. 7, when Kyle Alstott, 23, of Fort Dodge, the last of the 10 individuals facing charges, pleaded guilty. In November 2015, Iowa State Conservation Officer Matt Bruner came upon a website run by
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