While some hunting and fishing related legislative bills were still hanging fire as of press time for this issue, March 28, Gov. Tony Evers had gone ahead and signed a number of bills into law the week before, including Assembly Bill 633 and Senate Bill 586 that now makes it legal to use air guns in any season that is open to hunting an animal with a firearm.
Air guns now legal for use in Wisconsin Read More »
It’s always nice to hear from readers. Recently, reader Jim March contacted our columnist Christine Thomas to share his positive comments on her visit to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.
I should note here that Thomas receives a ton of good cheer from readers on her work in Wisconsin Outdoor News. I can tell readers I enjoy working with Thomas just as much as they enjoy reading her work. March shared some tips on where readers who can’t get to Florida might see great egrets closer to home.
Wisconsin State Roundup: Tips on where to see great egrets closer to home Read More »
I wish I could ask Herb Behnke how he would handle the set-to over whether Wisconsin should have a sandhill crane hunting season.
Many readers may remember Behnke as a longtime Natural Resources Board member who offered loads of common sense on resource issues while also being able to build bridges – for the most part – between opposing sides of an issue.
State Roundup: Should Wisconsin have a hunting season for sandhill cranes? Read More »
The Wisconsin DNR will offer seven fishing regulation advisory questions to the public during the annual spring hearings coming up Monday, April 8, in each county. There two questions related to trout, one on lake sturgeon, one on shovelnose sturgeon, one on trolling, and one on Winnebago system white bass.
Trout, sturgeon, trolling rule questions on tap April 8 in Wisconsin Read More »
Results of a sandhill crane season survey may well start a tug-of-war over whether the migratory bird should be hunted in Wisconsin, with the International Crane Foundation (ICF) saying no, but the Conservation Congress and Wisconsin Waterfowl Association saying so.
The sandhill crane hunting season discussion has been going on since at least 2012, the first year that the Conservation Congress asked citizens if they supported a sandhill crane season. The idea was supported in 65 of 72 counties, according to Rob Bohmann, congress chair.
International Crane Foundation: Only 17.4% of Wisconsin citizens support crane hunt Read More »
I’d like to say I’ve been working with Reed Kabelowsky, of the Conservation Congress, on a story about the Wisconsin Youth Conservation Congress, but that wouldn’t be very accurate.
Ideas, support needed for Wisconsin’s youth conservation congress Read More »
Our veteran outdoors reporter, Tim Eisele, passed along a bit of interesting information that he picked up from the DNR deer season report delivered at the Feb. 28 Natural Resources Board meeting.
A total of 569 Wisconsin deer hunters who are more than 90 years old bought a gun deer season license. The oldest man was 102 and the oldest woman was 96 years young. If you happen to know the 102-year-old gent or the 96-year-old lady and they’re wouldn’t mind ending up in a story on our pages, please email me at dean@outdoornews.com.
State Roundup: Looking for the 96- and 102-year-old deer hunters from Wisconsin Read More »
Hey, no one gets upset about catching a muskie, right? I mean, we’re talking about the famous “Fish of 10,000 Casts” here, so you’d think anyone would be excited about catching a muskie, even if the catch came quite by accident.
Not my kid. And now it sounds like his daughter thinks the same way.
Dean Bortz: Muskies unusually active in Wisconsin this winter Read More »
A new legislative bill that would ban antlerless deer harvest for four years in the Northern Forest Region may be well intentioned, but that’s not what we need in the north.
If that’s the only solution a group of Republican lawmakers came up with during the course of running three listening sessions in the north, then they weren’t paying attention.
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