Make summer assessments for autumn gathering
Deer hunters aren’t the only hunters/gathers who can do some scouting now.
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Join in on the citizen science aspects of data collection for ruffed grouse
Hunters can participate in ruffed grouse monitoring this summer and fall in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
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Go outside of hunting to recruit hunters
Use gatherings like heritage days and county fairs to sell the outdoors.
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Carcass registration: Is it worth anything anymore?
Has Wisconsin’s change to electronic registration resulted in lower reporting by deer and turkey hunters?
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Anxiously awaiting in Wisconsin: Ruffed grouse drumming discloses potential bird densities
Wisconsin DNR personnel and volunteers now running spring ruffed grouse drumming surveys.
Turn journaling into phenology
Morel mushrooms appear when the oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear, someone once proclaimed. That was an old adage using phenology to correlate one event with another. Even though this adage is no longer as accurate as it may have been, it points out the usefulness of logging and chronicling events throughout the
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Bring more kids into the fold by involving them in the end result of hunting, fishing, trapping
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing season framework and local big game/fishing dinners just two ways to show kids what’s happening outdoors and how they can participate.
Portable blinds sometimes the best bet for turkey hunting in bad weather
Using a blind is not a guarantee for bagging a gobbler, but at least hunters get to spend some time in the woods.
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Nominate an ethical Wisconsin hunter for the 2018 annual award
A four-member committee just finished selecting the winner of the 2017 Wisconsin DNR Ethical Hunter Award. Next month, the presentation will be made at the new Vortex Optics Headquarters in Barneveld, where the company moved recently from Middleton. Vortex Optics is sponsoring the award for the second year. It’s always a pleasure to see the
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