I started repeating the tale about the time I went on a ride-along with DNR officers Rich Riedel and Eric Schreiber in 2011. I was used to people complaining that the DNR police had an easy job, so I didn’t expect my experience to be too exciting. How hard could it be, since many people called these officers “the squirrel police” and other derogatory terms.
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Before kicking off this inaugural column, a little about myself: I was born and raised in Ohio and moved to Minnesota after college, planning to stay just one year. Fifteen years later, I’m still here, now with a husband, three bird dogs, and a fulfilling career at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center.
I was introduced to hunting as an adult, and it has unquestionably changed my life.
On a recent February Sunday, while most Americans were gathering piles of unhealthy snacks and choosing a seat to watch the Big Game, Fred Nickel, a beagle named Rufus and I cruised eastern Wisconsin backroads looking for “rabbitat.”
Four-year-old Rufus is the latest in a long line of beagles Nickel has owned since his farm-boy days in Horicon. He even gave his girlfriend (now wife), Rita, a beagle pup as a high-school graduation present. They have had beagles ever since.
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Two separate pieces of news from late 2025 have Michigan angler Todd Hutton eager to take notes on the fish he catches in early 2026.
The first news item: Michigan DNR stocked 19.5 million fish last year at nearly 800 sites.
The second: A study led by the University of Michigan showed that fish in the state are smaller today than they were in 1945.
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