It isn’t often Wisconsin DNR biologists, elected officials, deer hunters, and at least one Natural Resources Board member all agree on much of anything related to deer management, but that happened at a DNR-sponsored open house in Cable on Nov. 19 where all attendees considered a proposal for the DNR to return to numbered deer units.
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On Sept. 14 in Washburn County’s town of Stinnett, Wis., bear hunters lost three of their Plott trailing hounds to wolves that ran down the dogs and killed them.
This incident is the 30th report of confirmed or probable incidents of wolves killing livestock or pets in the northwest counties of Douglas, Bayfield, Sawyer, Ashland, Burnett, and Washburn counties. Douglas County recorded 13 of the incidents.
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Throughout the Midwest pheasant hunting states, the message from Pheasants Forever and state agency wildlife biologists regarding what hunters can expect this fall is fairly consistent across the region.
The mild winter led to more adult birds surviving what often can be a difficult season for the favorite upland game bird for many hunters. On the downside, heavy late spring rains that ended the prolonged drought was a double-edged sword.
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When Wisconsin high school senior Ethan Constantine approached Max Wolter, the DNR’s Sawyer County’s fish biologist, about ideas for an Eagle Scout project, the two put their heads together and came up with a unique idea.
“We developed an idea for ‘Lure Libraries,’” Wolter said. “The concept is like the now-popular ‘Little Free Libraries’ that are in many small towns. I’d seen them for fly fishing, but not for traditional tackle. Ethan came up with the design and built three of them as part of his Eagle Scout project.”
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Retired Wisconsin DNR game warden Dave Sabrowsky has a reputation of knowing what he’s doing when it comes to baiting bears. It’s more than just throwing a few doughnuts in a hole in the ground every few days.
As they say, a successful hunt relies on location, location, location, but there’s more to it than that. Stand placement, preferred bait – if it’s working, don’t change it in the days before the hunt – and the timing of putting that bait out are all factors.
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The definition of communication is “the sending and receiving of information between groups in a face-to-face manner or through communication devices.”
It’s not complicated, so my question is why does the DNR’s Office of Communications seem to be struggling with this concept? The importance of communications between units of government and the people they serve can’t be understated. Transparency and, unfortunately, credibility, suffer when this communication doesn’t happen.
A common thread when reviewing ruffed grouse-hunting populations and opportunities in the Upper Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. Maturing forests are increasing in some areas of some states on public and private lands, while the young forests grouse and other game animals need to survive are decreasing.
The term fish passage in rivers has been a buzzword for years among fish biologists and is often used when describing the advantages of allowing fish to move upstream or down to find suitable habitat and breeding grounds without being stopped by dams.
“It’s amazing to see what the fish can do when the habitats get reconnected,” said Max Wolter, DNR Sawyer County fisheries biologist in Hayward, Wis.
An effort by Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s District 7 Congressman, to change the status of Lake Superior’s Apostle Island National Lakeshore to a national park is gaining traction.
Tiffany recently notified the Bayfield County Board of his proposal, stating a representative from his office would like to make a presentation to Bayfiled County’s executive committee on July 11.
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