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Decision on a possible sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin due Nov. 13

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While a Wisconsin sandhill crane hunting season would easily fit into the federal framework for managing cranes in the eastern population flyway, the decision to draft such legislation still remains with the Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes.
That committee met for the third time on Oct. 1, with a decision on a possible sandhill crane hunting season coming as soon as the committee’s next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

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Sandhill crane group in Wisconsin seeks crop damage solutions

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A review of crop damage reimbursement rules related to sandhill cranes in Wisconsin revealed that payments may not be made to farmers unless there is a sandhill crane season.
That’s the word received by members of the Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes during their second meeting held Sept. 4 in Madison. That meeting focused on crop damage done by sandhill cranes. About 180 sandhill crane crop damage complaints are received by Hirchert’s USDA Wildlife Services Wisconsin office every year.

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Should Wisconsin’s state game bird be the ruffed grouse, wild turkeys, wood ducks or …?

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Should the wild turkey be declared the official Wisconsin state game bird?
Or the ruffed grouse? Maybe the wood duck?
Some might say making the wild turkey the state game bird is a no-brainer. Kind of like asking should blue be the official color of the sky?

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Theresa Marsh drawdown, dam repair will test Wisconsin duck hunters

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Duck hunters will have a difficult time navigating on Theresa Marsh this fall with water levels dramatically lowered to allow construction and repair to the main dike that impounds nearly 1,500 acres of water at full pool.
Steffen Peterson is the Wisconsin DNR property manager at Theresa Marsh. He said the mile-long dike on either side of the dam on Rock River’s East Branch on the northwest side of the marsh was built in 1968 using soil near the site.

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Dove, teal, goose seasons open Sept. 1 in Wisconsin; here’s what hunters should know

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It will soon be time for hunters to head out again as three of Wisconsin’s earliest hunting seasons open Sunday, Sept. 1, for early teal, early goose, and mourning dove.
The early teal season runs through Sept. 9. Shooting hours are sunrise to sunset. The daily bag limit is six. The 2024 statewide modeled population estimate for blue-winged teal from the breeding population survey was 103,717. That is up 2.4% from last year.

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Fond du Lac County sheriff’s department, Wisconsin DNR working large deer poaching case

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The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game wardens are asking for help in an investigation of a deer poaching scheme involving dozens of deer and covering almost 200 square miles in Fond du Lac, Washington, and Dodge counties.
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt said the investigation started when a resident called the DNR.
“In mid-July we got a call of a strong odor coming from garbage at the neighbor’s house,” Waldschmidt said.

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A new legislative committee eyeing sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin

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The latest attempt to create a Wisconsin sandhill crane season began Aug. 1 in Horicon at the inaugural meeting of the 2024 Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes.
One takeaway – a regulated hunt will not endanger the state’s sandhill crane population. Nor may a hunt reduce spring corn crop damage by cranes. Federal restrictions only allow a fall hunt. A fall hunt may help potato farmers discourage cranes from damaging crops.

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Wisconsin angler, Anne Baker, catches amazing trifecta of huge fish on recent trips

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Anne Baker, 51, of Stevens Point, Wis., hauled in an amazing trifecta of huge fish in June while traveling to Oklahoma and Texas.
On June 22 she caught an 84.02-pound blue catfish from Grand Lake in Oklahoma. Twenty minutes later, she pulled in a 91-pound paddlefish from the same lake. Four days later, she reeled in an 87-inch alligator gar from the Trinity River near Livingston, Texas.
This trifecta of trophy fish was not a fluke. Baker has caught just about every species available in Wisconsin over the last decade.

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Menasha’s Fox River lock closed indefinitely to help protect Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago from threat of round gobies

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The possibility of round gobies entering Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago will keep Menasha’s Fox River lock closed indefinitely. That decision was made in June by the Fox River Navigational System Authority (FRNSA) in Kaukauna.
The Fox River leaves Lake Winnebago from its northwest corner at Neenah and Menasha, then flows north about 39 miles to Green Bay. The river drops 168 feet during that stretch. Dams at Neenah and Menasha prevent boats or fish from entering Lake Winnebago. There are 17 locks on the river that could allow boats to run from Menasha to Green Bay if all the locks were in operation.

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