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June 15, 2023

Outdoor Insights: A few thoughts after a day on the water using forward-facing sonar

People who know more about sport-angling than me believe forward-facing sonar fish-finders have changed the game. They’re asking whether fisheries can withstand the legions of smarter, more efficient anglers mastering these devices.

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Kirke Woods Wildlife Area is central Iowa’s newest public wilderness

Kirke Woods Wildlife Area, north of Bevington, Iowa, in northeast Madison County, is a new 240-acre mix of oak and hickory timber, and maple and cottonwood bottomlands, a reconstructed prairie and a 30-acre wetland that is open to the public.
“We’re pretty excited to have Kirke Woods,” said Chad Paup, wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “Places like this around metro areas are important because it gives a large population access to wild places.”

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Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program hosts state’s largest youth trap shooting championship

Athletes from 123 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds north of Cedar Falls June 6-11 for the 2023 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship.

More than 3,000 athletes from 4th grade through high school shot nearly 780,000 clay targets for the week. Athletes competed in three different competitions: singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap.

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Angling tech topic: What does live sonar mean for fisheries?

The murmurs have been building for several years among guides and seasoned anglers who have observed a rapid acceleration in the technological arms race of sport-angling.
So-called “game-changing” gadgets have swept fishing before, from the original Lowrance green box to GPS to underwater cameras. But this time – hardcore fishermen will tell you – feels different.

Angling tech topic: What does live sonar mean for fisheries? Read More »

Late honesty leads to relaxed penalties in Wisconsin deer tagging case

A non-hunting father-in-law avoided the truth as long as possible in trying to protect his son-in-law, but in the end the truth revealed that both men engaged in “license loan/borrowing” violations during the opening weekend of the 2022 gun deer season in Wisconsin, Nov. 19-20, in Outagamie County.
In the end, the gun-deer hunting son-in-law told the truth and that helped him receive lighter punishments than might have otherwise been the case.

Late honesty leads to relaxed penalties in Wisconsin deer tagging case Read More »

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