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Examining a century-old snapshot of Wisconsin’s outdoors

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A procrastinator is defined as someone “who delays or puts off things that should be done in a timely manner.” I could be a poster child for the word, at least until I run out of reasons not to.
I ran out of reasons the other day during a late winter snowstorm, so I sorted through a couple boxes buried in a closet. I’d been making decent headway when a weathered pamphlet caught my eye. What I found in those pages burned up the rest of that snowy afternoon.

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NRB’s Smith talks Wisconsin DNR budget issues at Washburn County spring hearing

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Washburn County’s April 13 spring fish and game hearing was a little unique this year in having Shell Lake resident and Natural Resource Board (NRB) Chairman Bill Smith take the floor briefly to comment on DNR funding and fish and wildlife license fees.
“The simple question is how would you handle your personal checkbook with a 66% inflation rate? This (lack of license fee increases) has had a very significant impact on the DNR and the work they do since most of their budget comes from hunting and fishing license sales,” Smith said. “We need to find a way to get everyone involved in paying for managing our natural resources.”

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Commentary: Earlier deer gun season opener in Wisconsin long overdue

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I disagree wholeheartedly with Wisconsin Outdoor News Editor Dean Bortz when he says it’s time to think about an earlier opening date for the deer gun season. It’s not time, Dean, it’s way past time and, according to the majority of the letters to the editor I’m reading, I’m not alone.
Twenty-five years ago, when I was the regional warden for the DNR’s Northern Region – a position now called captain – I was part of the DNR’s Deer 2000 and Beyond effort.

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Great-granddaughter, 4, inspires 87-year-old Wisconsin deer hunter

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Ask any deer hunter – especially one with a few seasons under the belt – what’s looked forward to most during the hunt, and there’s a good chance the reply will have something to do with time spent with family and friends.
Bill Taubman, of Shell Lake, Wis., is one of those hunters. Taubman hiked into his opening day deer stand for his 75th time in November. This year his hunting partner was 83 years younger than him.

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Wisconsin sport shop in Spooner loses beloved yellow Lab ‘Babs’ to likely accidental poisoning

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Rick and Barb Anderson’s yellow Lab, Babs, has been part of the welcoming committee at Spooner’s AAA Sport Shop for years. Sadly, Babs died Feb. 13 after apparently being exposed to a rodenticide poison after an ice fishing trip on a Washburn County lake.

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Wisconsin bear in Shell Lake forced to exit den after early melt

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The bear that made an early appearance in Shell Lake recently must have missed the Groundhog’s Day memo. Or does a bear in a tree mean the arrival of an early spring? For whatever reason, a bear’s new resting spot wasn’t in a den, but in a tree along Hwy. 63 near the Shell Lake school.

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Retired Wisconsin game warden recalls old crossbow case that ‘still makes his blood run cold’

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Crossbows have given Wisconsin deer hunters an option that wasn’t always available. Over the years, a restrictive law that only allowed disabled hunters and hunters over a certain age changed to allow hunting with a crossbow being legal for anyone.
One retired Wisconsin DNR game warden remembers his first experience with a crossbow before the tool could be used by all ages, one he says still makes his blood run cold.

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Sharpshooter in southeast Wisconsin fined $10,000 for ‘hunting’ without license

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A sweeping investigation by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens resulted in a $10,000 fine for a sharpshooter with Wildlife Management Service, a company that contracts with local governments for removing nuisance deer.
An abundance of deer, combined with development in rural areas of southeast Wisconsin, requires municipalities to take these steps.

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Wisconsin’s Buffalo County gives up wide 8-pointer during archery season

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Even with a temperature near 80 degrees on the second day of Wisconsin bow season, Mitch Stamm, of Altoona, didn’t hesitate to hunt a big buck he had seen on trail camera photos.
A big, wide-framed 8-pointer living in Wisconsin’s big-buck-rich Buffalo County had been using the Stamm family’s 500-acre farm for several years. Stamm, a photographer by trade, had to work a wedding opening day of the bow season, but had time to check cameras after the event.

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