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Thursday, July 17th, 2025

Breaking News for

Sportsmen Since 1968

Dan Nauman

Commentary: One in-person field day won’t cut it for hunter safety training

I am a certified DNR hunter safety instructor and have been for roughly 15 years. I am writing about the Wisconsin DNR’s push to use the virtual world for hunter safety training, as well as online registration.
Regarding Senate Bill 265 (mirrors Assembly Bill 270) and the push for an in-person field day for hunter safety students – the proposed bill doesn’t go far enough.

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Commentary: Just how much technology can our fisheries withstand?

I’m concerned that technology, primarily the use of electronics, has greatly altered the way many people fish. Consequently, I believe that fish management and our game laws are not keeping pace with these advancements, thus putting our fisheries in jeopardy. It’s been a slow and slippery slope, but with the obvious purpose towards using electro-technology to catch more and more fish. Most may be released, but many of those released fish are dying.

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