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Jerry Davis: Wisconsin game wardens enjoy field encounters with young hunters

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Wisconsin /

Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season is always a busy time for game wardens throughout the state.
Adding to that, there are usually vacant warden stations for a variety of reasons. Sometimes there are accidents or major violations needing immediate attention, which take away from routine patrol and checking hunter compliance. As importantly, this is a time when wardens can greet hunters, talk informally, and even have a photograph taken with young hunters with their first deer.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Illegal baiter just can’t help himself

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Wisconsin /

A convicted felon was quick to admit to David Bennett, a Sheboygan County, Wis., game warden, when he was presented with the evidence and facts, that maybe he was illegally shooting deer over bait.

The subject also admitted, in a matter-of-fact way, that he always shoots deer in that manner, over bait and in his backyard. Sheboygan County has a deer-baiting ban in place due to the discovery of chronic wasting disease.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: 51 not too old to begin game warden career

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, Wisconsin /

David Bennett, who is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) field warden in Kohler-Andrae State Park and part of Sheboygan County, came into this job at a later stage in life. He is approaching an age where some wardens are thinking retirement – but he is just beginning his career.
Ask Bennett about his job choice at his age and he’ll likely suggest that his age, background, and experience all emphasize education over citation when dealing with a violation, if at all possible.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Iowa County warden steps in to return wallet

Featured, Fishing, Wisconsin /

It is common for Wisconsin DNR field wardens to work together with local, county, and state law enforcement agencies. Often one agency, particularly among wardens, have equipment that another agency may not have.
This situation was not an emergency, serious crime, nor accident, but one that shows how wardens might best handle something involving outdoors enthusiasts.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Recreation wardens work boat, snowmobile, ATV/UTV incidents

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

Kirk Konichek, now a recreation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and stationed in Viroqua, is not far from where he grew up.
He graduated from Prairie du Chien High School and then attended Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton. He was with the Richland Center Police Department and Crawford County Sheriff’s Department over the course of nine years.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Man pulled from Menomonee River Feb. 28

Featured, Fishing, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

The diversity of tasks and responsibilities fielded by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wardens, often in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, are huge in large Wisconsin cities.
Adam Strehlow, Erik Anderson, and Logan Allen, all DNR wardens in Milwaukee County, found themselves working with Milwaukee Police Department officers on a cold winter night in an attempt to save a Green Bay man, 52, who ended up in the Menomonee River on Feb. 28.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Trout anglers survive chilly Devil’s Lake plunge

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Wisconsin /

Wisconsin DNR Field Warden Andrew Amundsen’s first station, after spending several months working in the DNR’s community service area, was at Devil’s Lake State Park in Sauk County. Most of Amundsen’s duties are at the park, but he does, from time-to-time, work in the field as a Sauk County game warden.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Don’t spray shoreline vegetation without permit

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

Jesse Ashton, Polk County conservation warden since 2014, received an email from Polk County Land and Water Department, the county’s environmental section involved in zoning and water quality. The land and water department was alerting Ashton that a Bone Lake resident at the address provided in the email had likely treated off-shore vegetation with a herbicide.

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