The numbers are what panfish anglers’ dreams are made of: a crappie measuring 17.75 inches, with a 15-inch girth, weighing just over 3 pounds. Panfish enthusiast Wyatt Williams caught – and released – that dream fish on a Twin Cities metro lake recently. Check out the details of his epic catch in an Instagram post here. …
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Public tip started DNR warden investigation In 2018.
Substantial change in hunter education program for those under age 18.
State rainfall monitoring network looking for volunteers. Here’s how you can get involved.
BANQUET/FUNDRAISER MARCH 13: 5th Annual Indoor Fishing Flea Market, 9 a.m. – Noon at the Plano American Legion. For information, call 815-286-7170. April 23: The Whitetails Unlimited Beacoup Bottoms Chapter Banquet, 4 p.m. at KC Hall Columbian Club. For information, call 618-521-5280. April 30: Tri County Gun Club’s Annual Open House/Fundraiser, 9 a.m. – 4
Northwest Zone – Captain Laura Petreikis In Rock Island County, CPO Priest investigated an elderly woman for killing a deer last shotgun season without a hunting license or habitat stamp. CPO Priest met with the women and explained he was surveying the biologist and asked if he could come inside. The woman invited CPO Priest
Season Dates Please check DEC’s website or hunting, trapping and fishing publications for specific regional regulations and Wildlife Management Units. March 15: Fishing seasons for walleyes, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge close; permanent ice shanties must be removed from the ice. March 15: Season begins for Anadromous river herring (alewife and blueback herring) on
Bait Pile Busted (Chautauqua County) In Chautauqua County, a hunter contacted ECO Dougherty reporting the presence of a baited tree stand a short distance from his permitted hunting area. After observing the empty tree stand, baited with corn, ECOs Dougherty and Freeman surveyed the area and spotted an individual walking across the field dressed in
SOUTH-CENTRAL REGION Dodgeville Team/January Warden Mike Burns, of Iowa County, responded to a call of a captive deer that had been hit by a vehicle and was found injured in a ditch by a nearby homeowner. The homeowner took the deer into a shed where the deer eventually died. Warden Burns responded to a rural
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