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Dave Zeug: A delayed opener on Wisconsin’s Brule River was good for this winter-weary angler

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For a Brule River trout fisherman in Wisconsin, the traditional first day of spring has been on the last Saturday in March for decades.
It doesn’t matter if there is still 3 feet of snow on the storied river’s banks or 3 feet of melted snow putting the river into flood stage, steelhead addicts will be there on opening day. This includes yours truly, at least it did until this year’s opener fell over a family-oriented Easter weekend. And that’s OK. At this stage of the game, I have had plenty of Brule River openers under my belt.

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Joe Weiss, longtime Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegate, voted out in Washburn County

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Washburn County’s Conservation Congress Chairman, Joe Weiss, has been part of the April spring hearings and delegate elections for decades. This year’s meeting will undoubtedly be the one he’ll remembers most. After being a Washburn County delegate for 30-years, Weiss was voted out of his seat.
Weiss also serves as the congress vice-chair.

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Wisconsin bill that ends antlerless deer harvest for four years in Northern Forest Zone now on Gov. Evers’ desk

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The legislative bill that would end any antlerless deer harvest in Wisconsin’s Northern Forest Zone for four years has been passed by both chambers of the state legislature and reached Gov. Tony Evers’ desk on Tuesday, March 26.
Sportsmen throughout the north are waiting to see if the Evers signs the bill, vetos the bill or takes no action on the proposed legislation. If Evers decides to take no action, which can happen if the governor decides to remain neutral on this issue, the bill still becomes law.

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Dave Zeug: Wolves are controversial in Spain, too

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The news article’s first paragraph was blunt.
“The ban on wolf hunting is ratcheting up tensions, pitting farmers in the rural north who fear for their livelihood against the urban populations who live in the south and applaud the move.” A livestock owner and hunter was also quoted, “Wolves and livestock can’t be together. They’re going to have to turn this story around, otherwise many of us farmers are going to disappear.”

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Sharptail grouse society leaves Wisconsin Wildlife Federation over dog training legislation

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A bill moving through the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate has created turmoil between conservation groups that usually partner toward common goals.
Assembly Bill 512 and the Senate companion bill – SB 545 – would repeal a DNR administrative code that generally prohibits a person from hunting or pursuing any free-roaming wild animal with the aid of a dog from May 1 to June 30 in parts of the north.

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Even with today’s technology, having map and compass skills an important trait

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The digital world has brought our species a long list of tools that can enhance outdoor experiences. A good example is the ubiquitous smartphone that even “mature” outdoor enthusiasts including myself always carry into the woods and onto the rivers and lakes they frequent.
A smartphone can be a security lifeline in an emergency, and can help us identify everything from unusual plants to edible mushrooms, and even the rocks below and the stars above us.

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Wisconsin bill would protect hunters’ loss of collected preference points

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For Wisconsin outdoor enthusiasts who’ve waited years for enough preference points to draw one of the highly coveted tags for species like bobcat or bear, only to have life events get in the way of drawing the tag, Rep. Angie Sapik (R-Lake Nebagamon) has proposed a solution in the form of a new bill called the Preference Point Protection Act.

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Wisconsin’s Northern Forest whitetail kill down 27% on opener, statewide harvest down 16%

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The Wisconsin DNR’s pre-season predictions for a lower deer kill over the gun season’s opening weekend harvest proved to be accurate.
“We expected to see a lower harvest than last year after reviewing the bow season’s results, so the numbers aren’t a surprise,” said Jeff Pritzl, the DNR’s deer program specialist.
Statewide, the overall harvest was down 16% from last year and 10% below the five-year average.

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Archer in Buffalo County, Wis., shoots cougar after fearing for his safety while deer hunting

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When 39-year old Wisconsin bowhunter Ben Karasch climbed into his tree stand on Saturday, Nov. 11, he was hoping to see one of the legendary Buffalo County bucks, not an adult cougar stalking him. 
Karasch was hunting on private land in the township of Montana near Gilmanton in northern Buffalo County.
“I’d climbed into my ladder stand that afternoon and by early evening I hadn’t seen a deer.  That’s unusual for this area,” said Karasch.

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