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April 19, 2023

Rice Lake in Illinois’ Fulton County offers anglers a ‘unique’ wildlife experience

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Some would say the collection of fishing lakes that make up the complex known as Rice Lake is “for the birds” – and they would be correct.

Officially designated as an Important Birding Area, the wetlands is composed of 5,660 acres with shallow floodplain lakes and bottomland forest habitats. Spring and fall shore birds, waterfowl, herons and osprey are spotted in and around Rice Lake.

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Deep snow makes for challenging steelhead opener on Wisconsin’s Brule River

Featured, Features, Fishing, National Fishing, Wisconsin /

The Brule River looked seductive from the cabin porch as it slipped by in the early morning light. Better yet, her soft murmurs were unlike the enraged rants of years past when melting snow pushed her out of her banks. Or worse yet, the stony silence from a covering sheet of ice. Yes, on this opening day the river looked and sounded good. The problem was the snow – lots of snow – making access to the river not impossible, but challenging.

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Wisconsin deer herd faces mounting challenges

Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Wisconsin /

Few Wisconsin hunters noticed they had one less opportunity to share their thoughts on deer hunting and deer management this spring.
That’s probably not surprising, given how few hunters participated the past eight years in the County Deer Advisory Council meetings. The DNR launched this citizen-input process in 2014 to fuel Wisconsin’s new age of ballot-box deer management.

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