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March 19, 2018

Even veteran turkey hunters can learn a thing or two by listening to other experienced hunters

There may be more truth in an off-the-cuff comment by a Midwestern turkey hunting guide who said he could help anyone be a better turkey hunter with three simple recommendations. Get a blind. Use a decoy. Set up where turkeys are likely to frequent. For some, even long-time hunters, this spring might be a time […]

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Wisconsin DNR’s ability to manage natural resources in poorer hands now with Thiede’s departure to EPA

Here we go again. When politicians play games with the DNR, we end up with agency leaders who do not have the mix of leadership skills, natural resource backgrounds, or natural resource management experience that Wisconsin sportsmen have seen at work in the past. Kurt Thiede, with a background in wildlife management, left the agency

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New Pennsylvania CWD area will be 346 square miles in southeast

Harrisburg — Here we go again. Another sick deer, another disease management area. Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture said on Feb. 12 that a farm-raised deer in Lancaster County tested positive for chronic wasting disease. That is, of course, the always-fatal ailment that’s proving to be a scourge for deer – and deer managers – in

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New species breath new life into state’s Fish Ohio program

Columbus — The addition of five new recognized species and the reduction in the minimum length requirement of three other species when caught from inland waters has helped to breathe new life into the state’s Fish Ohio program. Fish Ohio was launched in 1976 with only 138 entries. This 42-year-old program recognizes anglers who catch

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Washtenaw County buck is pending Michigan state record [photo]

Marquette, Mich. — If not for Gary Shear, we probably wouldn’t have known that his twin brother, 78-year-old Cary from Ann Arbor, shot a pending state record typical crossbow buck last fall in Washtenaw County. “My brother talked me into having the antlers scored by Commemorative Bucks of Michigan,” Cary Shear said. “I wasn’t even

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