Wild turkey as Wisconsin’s official game-bird? Absolutely not
Wisconsin legislators should drop the idea and instead go with the ruffed grouse.
July 17, 2017
Komorowski duo wins Badwater Bash bass-fishing tournament
Mike and Kyle Komorowski from Oak Creek, Wis., registered six bass weighing a total of 15.1 pounds to win the recent Badwater Bash bass-fishing tournament on the Twin Falls Flowage in Spread Eagle, Wis. They received a cash prize of $1,316. The largest single bass, a largemouth weighing 4.6 pounds, was caught by Tim Braun
Study looks at what happens to lake trout when released in upper Great Lakes
To ensure accurate data is being collected on fish being lost from angling, mortality estimates must include both fish harvested and fish that are released and then die as a result of fishing.
Helicopters to drop trout into Oregon’s high-mountain lakes
The goal is to offer fishing opportunities to those willing to venture into the backcountry.
South Dakota lands major national bass-fishing tournament
Bass Anglers Sportsman’s Society Elite Series event scheduled on Lake Oahe in 2018 – the first time the state will host a major national bass-fishing tournament.
Biologist researching growing rice commercially in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — A Marquette University biology professor is researching the possibility of growing rice commercially in Wisconsin, despite the state’s seasonally cold temperatures. Native American tribes have been growing wild rice in Wisconsin for generations, but growing rice commercially is a different challenge, associate professor of biology Michael Schlappi told Wisconsin Public Radio. About 95
South Dakota: More pronghorns, more hunting licenses
Wildlife agency will issue resident hunters more than 900 more buck-antelope hunting licenses and 1,400 more doe-antelope licenses in 2017 and 2018 than it did last year, when hunter success reached 70 percent.
Fight over copper mining in northern Minnesota moves to St. Paul, Iron Range
U.S. Forest Service opens a new set of public meetings on its proposal to bar minerals exploration and development on more than 234,000 acres near the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for up to 20 years.
