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Waushara County dogs-chasing-deer case settled in Wisconsin

Featured, National News, News, Wisconsin /

Dogs harassing wildlife are difficult cases to make unless the act of dogs chasing wildlife is observed or caught on camera. Local sheriff’s departments often get involved in such cases prior to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) field wardens being called in.
Ben Mott, now a DNR field warden in Waushara County after a stint in Milwaukee County, said dog-chasing-wildlife situations in his area have been off and on for years.

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Wisconsin Wardens at Work: Catching a fine for too many fishing lines

Featured, Fishing, News, Wisconsin /

Fishing regulations are set as they are and do not vary based on whether or not the angler is struggling to catch fish. For example, if fishing is “good,” the state maximum of allowing three lines per person should suffice.

However, if the “catching” is poor, an angler simply can’t add more lines to improve his or her chances. The maximum is still three lines per angler. Wisconsin DNR Game Warden Mary Bisch was working Lake Winnebago with Logan Woods, High Cliff State Park field warden, and had just cited an angler for fishing with four lines, a violation commonly referred to as “over-lining.”

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Honesty serves a Wisconsin trapper well in Washburn County

Featured, Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin /

Joshua Loining, DNR game warden in Barron County, was checking pelts and paperwork at a local taxidermy business and came upon two otter pelts, each having two holes. Loining suspected the holes had been made by bullets.
The taxidermy business was in Barron County, but the otters had been trapped in Washburn County by a county resident. Loining’s plan was to work with Jon Hagen, DNR warden supervisor who was stationed in Washburn County.

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Spruce trees dug up from Wisconsin state park offers lesson on what can be legally collected

National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Wisconsin /

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Warden Phil Brown, of Bayfield County, while on patrol noticed something a bit out of the ordinary in the passenger seat of a vehicle.
The odd passenger clearly was not belted in, but then it didn’t have to be. This passenger was one of several small spruce trees that had been pulled from the Brule River State Forest where Brown was patrolling at the time.

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Commentary: How do squirrels beat summer heat?

Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin /

Maple trees, gray and fox squirrels discovered, have a natural system of providing solar protection and geothermal cooling.
The tree’s simple, oppositely-arranged leaves are excellent at blocking much of the radiant energy that could make a squirrel’s hairs stand on end. Crawl underneath the tree’s canopy and the air temperature can drop up to 20 degrees on sunny days.

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Late honesty leads to relaxed penalties in Wisconsin deer tagging case

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin /

A non-hunting father-in-law avoided the truth as long as possible in trying to protect his son-in-law, but in the end the truth revealed that both men engaged in “license loan/borrowing” violations during the opening weekend of the 2022 gun deer season in Wisconsin, Nov. 19-20, in Outagamie County.
In the end, the gun-deer hunting son-in-law told the truth and that helped him receive lighter punishments than might have otherwise been the case.

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Trio receives ethical hunter award from Wisconsin DNR

Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Wisconsin /

Three deer hunters were selected for the 2022 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Ethical Hunter Award, an annual award presented since 1997.
Jordyn Rae Coder, of Wisconsin Rapids, Jason Howards, of Sun Prairie, and Shane Potenberg, of Fort Atkinson, received DNR plaques and certificates, and gifts from Vortex Optics May 25 in Barneveld.

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