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November 23, 2024

Drones open new frontier in Wisconsin waterfowl research

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Wisconsin /

Assessing waterfowl and their habitat can be tough work that often involves waders, binoculars, and owning a temperament that turns wading through muck into fun.
In other cases, it requires an airplane flying at more than 100 mph high above the Earth, with those aboard trying to get a clear view of life on the ground. Now, though, a new tool – drones – is changing the waterfowl biologist’s world. Aerial drones are playing a key role in examining Wisconsin watersheds and the birds that call them home.

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Bob Gwizdz: Frustration of a Michigan bird season plagued by obstacles

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting /

Do bird dogs get frustrated?
I’ve been wondering about that lately as my English setter has exhibited some strange behavior. We were out the other day, mid-week, at one of the state game areas where they release pheasants in Michigan. I guessed that there’d be a fresh release, but I guessed wrong.

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After the smoke clears, you’ll appreciate the challenge of hunting with a flintlock

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

Did you get your deer this year? Most years I can answer yes, but not always. I recall an occasion about 25 years ago when a well-meaning, elderly friend posed that question to me following the traditional, December rifle season in Pennsylvania.
Sheepishly, I replied that my tag was not yet filled.
“I’m not done yet,” I said. “I’ll be hunting with my bow during the primitive season, after the holidays.”

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Patrick Durkin: A sobering fact is older, experienced hunters cause most hunting-related shooting incidents

2 Comments / Discussions, Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Wisconsin /

At risk of annoying my fellow old-folk hunters, please remind your hunting partners to keep an eye on you – and you on them – when you’re hunting deer, ducks, turkeys, coyotes or small game.
That’s especially true when hunting with firearms, but it’s also possible to kill yourself or others with archery gear. In October 2012, a 50-year-old Marathon County, Wis., man died when his arrow struck his neck and penetrated his head as he hauled his cocked-and-loaded crossbow up to his treestand, broadhead pointing up.

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What does the future hold for ice fishing in Ohio this year?

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Ohio /

By the end of August, I started watching the weather outlook for winter. The temperature in the North Pacific foreshadows what to expect.
It is speculation at its best, depicted through various computer models. An outcome with loose certainty for some, for me, it spells the chances of ice fishing in Ohio.

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