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November 22, 2024

State Roundup: Tough hunting for northern hunters, but ready to see what Wisconsin’s 2024 gun deer season brings

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Wisconsin’s 2024 gun deer season gets underway on Saturday, but it’s Thursday, Nov. 21, as we send this Wisconsin Outdoor News issue to the printer.
It was snowing in Oneida and Vilas counties this morning, but that snow turned to rain by 9:30 a.m., so, based on the forecast for the local counties, we’re not going to have any snow on the ground for opening morning – snow that would lighten the background and improved our chances of seeing deer on opening weekend and beyond.

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Wisconsin’s sandhill crane hunt future rests with legislators

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A bill to approve a sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin will likely be introduced to the state legislature at some point next year. The next legislative session convenes Jan. 6, 2025.
The crane hunt proposal is a result of work done by the 2024 Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes. A bill also may be introduced to provide money for corn farmers to use Avipel treatment of corn seed to make the seed less attractive to cranes.

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Wisconsin bear hunters see a big rebound in harvest from poor 2023 season

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A preliminary 2024 black bear harvest of 4,285 animals during Wisconsin’s five-week season represents a substantial rebound from a below-average 2023 harvest of 2,922 bears registered last season.
“Several factors likely led to this season’s increase in harvest,” said Randy Johnson, DNR large carnivore specialist, in a DNR press statement. “In 2023, we saw an incredible amount of acorns and other natural food production. This reduced the effectiveness of baits and translated to a historically low harvest.”

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A quick chat with Dr. Bronson Strickland of the Mississippi State University Deer Lab

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Dr. Bronson Strickland sees firsthand how difficult it is for some students to know exactly what it is they want to do with their professional lives once they reach college.
Strickland, the St. John Family endowed professor of wildlife management at Mississippi State University, did not experience the stress of that unknown himself. He was in junior high when a friend told him about another friend whose dad was a deer biologist.
“When I heard that, my question to my friend was, ‘There’s a job where you can be a deer biologist’” Strickland said. “I knew from that point on.”

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Make the most of a last chance to hunt late-season ducks in Minnesota

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When it comes to hunting late-season waterfowl, most hunters’ interests turn to the last of the duck migration. Newly-arriving birds are what waterfowlers dream about. Find yourself in the right place at the right time and you might be in for the hunt of a lifetime.
There are three key ingredients to making a successful hunt: decoy spreads, calling, and location. With Minnesota’s waterfowl season winding down, now’s the perfect time to review a few tactics and even some old tricks that might help you put a few final ducks in the bag.

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Jeffrey Frischkorn: A quest for true love comes to fruition with a Lake Erie laker

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All bodies of water have an aroma, distinct and particular, and with them they can brag about the fish they hold.
The oceans’ flavor is sharp with the nose-tingling bite of salt. You’ll find strange and exotic fish, more than a few of which you dare not cuddle up to. Creeks have an almost metallic scent, with hints of ageless rock ground down by floods. They are often habituated by vigorous fish species: smallmouth bass, steelhead and the loveliest of all, the brook trout.

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Do geese get scared? The Swedes aimed to find out

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Throughout much of their ranges, different species of geese cause agricultural damage. For example, an older figure for the western United States noted that crop farms lose as much as $30,000 annually to geese. A Canadian researcher concluded that prairie-wide losses due to waterfowl ranged up to $10 million annually.

Do geese get scared? The Swedes aimed to find out Read More »

Steve Weisman: Getting you ready for what should (hopefully) be a better ice-fishing season than last year in Iowa

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While late fall fishing and various hunting seasons are taking place across the country, there’s something else taking place. Yes, plans for ice fishing have been going on at ice fishing manufacturers and retail outlets since, well, the 2023 ice fishing season came to a close.
We all know how short and frustrating the 2023 ice season was. Across the ice belt, the ice came late, and it left way too early. That’s in the past, and ice anglers are looking for and hoping for a much longer ice season in 2024-25.

Steve Weisman: Getting you ready for what should (hopefully) be a better ice-fishing season than last year in Iowa Read More »

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