New York Letters to the Editor: Another deer entrails mystery
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 3, 2023 edition of New York Outdoor News.
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March 31, 2026
Dan Ladd: Earning a second buck will force New York hunters to decide
There’s a situation I keep thinking about since the New York DEC rolled out the latest proposed regulations designed to encourage hunters to take more antlerless deer.
It involved a botched chance at a good buck on the last day of the early Northern Zone muzzleloading season two years ago.
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Dean Bortz: Wisconsin NRB asking for support on DNR fee increase, dedicated funding source on April 13
Conservation Congress delegates have been looking at a dedicated funding source for the Wisconsin DNR’s fish and wildlife programs and the game warden force since at least the early 1990s.
Bob Ellingson served as congress chair from 1995-98. During that time Ellingson went to Missouri to ask Missouri Department of Conservation officials how they were able to get citizens to support adding a 1/8 of 1% sales tax to support conservation work in that state.
Patrick Durkin: GoWild crash elicits angry reactions from Wisconsin turkey hunters
“Thundering herd problem.”
That’s how IT (information technology) folks diagnose uncommon, but not rare, calamities when computer systems collapse as people stampede websites to buy coveted tickets for concerts, playoff games or hunting licenses. Wisconsin’s turkey hunters recorded their third such meltdown in 18 years on March 16 shortly after 10 a.m. That’s when the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began selling leftover $10 tags for the spring hunt.
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Campbellsport kids win big at Wisconsin turkey calling contest
Three Campbellsport junior hunter safety instructors swept the field at the Milwaukee Journal -Sentinel Sports Show’s youth turkey-calling contest, held Sunday, March 8, on the sports show’s Outdoor Stage at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park.
A total of 15 contestants competed for prizes and bragging rights in two age divisions: 13 to 17, and 12 and under.
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WI Daily Update: A giant perch pulled from Green Bay
A 17-inch yellow perch caught in the waters of Green
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MN Daily Update: Walleye regulation set for Upper Red Lake this summer
The Minnesota DNR announced the walleye regulation for the open
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Commentary: Your Wisconsin Conservation Congress needs you
As the Wisconsin spring hearings approached, in the spring of 1978, there were noticeable articles in newspapers. There were more outdoor writers then.
Each spring, about that time, they each wrote an inspiring piece about the Conservation Congress. The articles warned that if larger groups didn’t show up for the hearings, very soon there would be no hearings: “If you want to be heard, you must show up to vote.”
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